From NewsOn6.com:

Voters have picked their nominees and will determine in the fall whether Democrats or Republicans will have political control of the Legislature.

Party nominees were chosen for all but five House and Senate seats. One Democrat and four Republicans face a runoff election August 26th.

GOP leaders are predicting a GOP takeover in the 48-member Senate, which is currently tied with 24 Democrats and 24 Republicans.

Republicans have held a 57 to 44 advantage in the 101-member House since 2004, when they took control of the chamber for the first time in 80 years. Leaders from both parties are predicting they will pick up seats in the House this fall

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The Oklahoma Senate Republicans are pointing out how trial lawyer money is helping the Senate Dem candidates:

OKLAHOMA CITY – With their influence at the State Capitol in jeopardy of being greatly diminished with the election of a Republican majority in the State Senate, trial lawyers across the state are almost singularly funding key Democrat campaigns, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Ethics Commission. Specifically, Senator Nancy Riley of Tulsa and candidates Robert Murphy of Stillwater and Diane Drum of Norman have received over 70% of their financial support from lawyers outside of their districts.

“Without the largesse of big-time lawyers who have a vested interest in seeing Republicans defeated at the polls, candidates like Nancy Riley, Robert Murphy and Diane Drum would barely have enough campaign money to buy that high-priced gasoline for which Riley is so grateful,” said Randy Swanson, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Republican Senatorial Committee.

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