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Statewide Candidates Set in Oklahoma
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:49 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:00
From WoodwardNews:
“There is an assault coming from Washington,” Pruitt said. “The feds are flexing their muscles in a way that we need to fight back.”
Democratic Attorney General Drew Edmondson left the office after 16 years to run for governor.
—State Sen. Todd Lamb of Edmond defeated four other candidates to win the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. He will face Democratic Sen. Kenneth Corn of Poteau and independent Richard Prawdzienski of Edmond.
State Rep. John Wright of Broken Arrow was second in the primary. Other candidates were real estate investor Bernie Adler of Oklahoma City, Bill Crozier of Hinton and Paul Nosak of Owasso.
The seat is being vacated by Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, who sought the Democratic nomination for governor.
—State Rep. Ken Miller of Edmond won the Republican primary election for state treasurer by defeating former state Sen. Owen Laughlin. Miller will face Democrat Stephen E. Covert of Midwest City. Incumbent Treasurer Scott Meacham, a Democrat, is not seeking re-election.
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OK: Scott Pruitt Gets Republican Nod for Attorney General
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:50 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 28 July 2010 10:22
From NewsOK:
Broken Arrow businessman Scott Pruitt, managing partner and co-owner of the Oklahoma City RedHawks baseball team, is the Republican nominee for state Attorney General.
Pruitt led the Tuesday primary with 133,918 or 56 percent of the vote over Ryan Leonard’s 105,179 or 44 percent with 2,243 of 2,244 precincts reporting, according to the state Election Board.
Leonard, a former senior aide to Republican U.S. Sen. Don Nickles, out spent his opponent raising $917,484 to Pruitt’s $390,342. Pruitt said his campaign has spent all but $600.
“People are excited about this election cycle. They want to take ownership in the process and fight back against Washington,” Pruitt said at a Tulsa watch party. “People are awakened to the fact their individual freedoms are at risk and they know the attorney general can do something about that.”
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Poll Shows Voters are Undecided in Oklahoma
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:50 Written by rslcpol Monday, 26 July 2010 01:52
From Tulsa World:
Republican Mary Fallin and Democrat Drew Edmondson held comfortable leads heading into the final week of their respective gubernatorial primary campaigns, according to an Oklahoma Poll of 755 likely voters conducted July 16-21.
Fallin led her chief Republican rival, state Sen. Randy Brogdon, by 38 percentage points; Edmondson pulled to a 49 percent to 33 percent lead on Lt. Gov. Jari Askins.
“In all the polling that’s been done, Askins has not been able to get more than about a third,” said Bill Shapard, president of SoonerPoll.com, which conducted the survey for the Tulsa World.
Edmondson and Askins were about 10 points apart in a January Oklahoma Poll, and other polling since then indicated an even closer race, especially after Edmondson, the current attorney general, advised the governor and Legislature against joining a lawsuit against federal health-care reform.
Fallin was the choice of 56 percent of the 340 Republicans surveyed, down 12 points from January.
Brogdon, however, did not benefit much from Fallin’s slippage. He picked up only two points, to 18 percent, while the share who said they were undecided rose six points to 22 percent.
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GOP’s gains to change Shape of Oklahoma Politics
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:50 Written by rslcpol Monday, 26 July 2010 01:25
From newsok.com:
The 2010 election season that begins Tuesday likely will reshape Oklahoma politics for the next decade.
That’s because the Legislature elected this year will be redrawing the state’s legislative districts, based on the 2010 Census. And for the first time in state history, the legislative leadership redrawing those districts almost certainly will be Republican.
And it could be Republican for a long time.
Despite having 177,000 fewer registered voters, Republicans now outnumber Democrats 62-39 in the state House of Representatives and 28-22 in the state Senate.
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OK: Lt. Governor Pours her Money into Governor Campaign
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:53 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:49
From Tulsa World:
One of Lt. Gov. Jari Askins’ most powerful campaign weapons — her personal checkbook — has been brought to bear in her effort to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Reports filed late Monday with the state Ethics Commission show that Askins loaned her campaign $675,000 between June 16 and July 11.
The loans represent almost one-third of the $2.1 million raised by Askins during the course of her campaign.
In 2006, Askins put $880,000 of her own money into winning what was probably the most hotly contested lieutenant governor’s race in Oklahoma history.
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Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah may Follow Arizona’s lead on Immigration
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:04 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:32
From Washington Post:
Lawmakers in Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah, which have already taken steps against illegal immigration, say that Arizona-style measures have a realistic chance of passing when their legislatures reconvene in 2011.
The Obama administration sued Arizona in federal court Tuesday, charging that the state law usurps federal authority, would hamper immigration enforcement and would lead to police harassment of those who have no proof of lawful status. The government asked that a federal judge stop the law from taking effect July 29.
Legislators in at least 17 other states introduced bills this year similar to the Arizona law, which allows officers to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. But most of those measures are not considered likely to be adopted or signed by governors.
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OK: AG Refuses to Give Opinion on Synthetic Pot
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:39 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:24
From KATV.com:
Little Rock – Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today declined to give an opinion on whether cities and counties can legally ban synthetic marijuana.
Third Judicial District Prosecutor Henry H. Boyce and state Sen. Robert Thompson, D-Paragould, asked McDaniel separately whether cities and counties can criminalize the use, possession or sale of “K2” or “Spice.”
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Many Oklahoma Incumbents face no Opponents
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:40 Written by rslcpol Friday, 11 June 2010 01:38
From the Norman Transcript:
Even with the anti-incumbent movement among tea party groups that sprung up across the state and rallied for political change, the number of unopposed state lawmakers is up from 42 in 2006 and 41 in 2008.
One reason is that many Oklahomans, particularly conservatives, are pleased with their representation in the GOP-controlled Legislature, said Richard Johnson, a political science professor at Oklahoma City University.
“The first observation I have is that the tea party is really not that out of sync with a lot of the aspects of the Republican Party in Oklahoma,” Johnson said. “They’re not the same beast, but there are a lot of similarities.
“And let’s face it: It’s tough to beat an incumbent.”
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Around 400 enter Oklahoma races on the first day
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:49 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 8 June 2010 12:31
From NewsOK:
Nearly 400 contenders officially declared their candidacies Monday during the first day of filing for state, federal and judicial offices as well as for district attorney.
People waiting in line Monday to file election papers on the fifth floor of the Capitol endured heat and humidity because there is no air conditioning in the hallways. Election board officials placed several fans along the wall to provide relief for candidates as they waited to officially enter the race. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
But much of the attention was on two legislators who didn’t show up to file for re-election.
Reps. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, and Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City, had others file their paperwork with the state Election Board, which is an acceptable but rare practice. By having others file in their places, Terrill, who usually is accessible to the media, and Christian avoided being asked about a political corruption investigation by the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office that involves them.
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OK: AG Candidate on Greta Van Susteren on Immigration
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:04 Written by rslcpol Monday, 24 May 2010 12:17
From FoxNews:
SCOTT PRUITT, R-OKLA., ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE: Greta, when you look at the obligation of the federal government to do naturalization and immigration they have a constitutional duty under the constitution to enforce and secure the border.
States like Arizona are being criticized for taking action to protect themselves internal to the borders, and I think the debate is wrongly placed. The debate should be based on what has the government failed to do. It has failed to secure the border, and as a result states like Oklahoma have incurred substantial harm and damages.
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