2008 Oklahoma Primary Election :: July 29
Next Tuesday, July 29th, will be the Oklahoma primary election for state elective offices. Republicans and Democrats will choose their parties’ representative for the November 4th election.
Tulsa area Republicans have at least three decisions to make: whether to nominate U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe for his third full term and U.S. Representative John Sullivan for his fourth, and whether Dana Murphy or Rob Johnson will unseat Jim Roth.
Republicans in midtown and west Tulsa, Sand Springs, Jenks, and Glenpool will decide whether to give County Commissioner Randi Miller another term or to start fresh with businesswoman Sally Bell. The winner will face the only Democratic candidate, former TV reporter Karen Keith.
Tulsa Democrats will pick challengers to try to beat Inhofe and Sullivan. State Senator Andrew Rice is the favorite against perennial candidate Jim Rogers. [ Via Urban Tulsa ]
Oklahoma as a whole will be deciding on six national offices:
- United States Senator
- United States Representative
- Corporation Commissioner – Full Term
- Corporation Commissioner – Short Term
- State Senator
- State Representative
Our choices on the ballot are: [ View sample ballot ]
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Democrat: Andrew Rice | Jim Rogers
Republican: Dennis Lopez | Evelyn L. Rogers | Jim Inhofe | Ted Ryals
Independant: Stephen P. Wallace
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT 1
Democrat: Georgianna W. Oliver | Mark Manley
Republican: John Sullivan | Fran Mo-ghaddam
CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (FULL TERM)
Democrat: Charles Gray
Republican: Jeff Cloud
CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (SHORT TERM)
Democrat: Jim Roth
Republican: Rob Johnson | Dana Murphy
In Case You Didn’t Know: The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) oversees public utilities (like PSO and ONG), intrastate trucking, railroad crossings, oil and gas drilling and production, and the accuracy of gasoline pumps, among many other things. The OCC has three members, each serving a six-year term, staggered so that we vote on one every two years.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Democrat: Karen Keith
Republican: Randi Miller | Sally Bell
STATE SENATOR – [ Find out what district you are in ] [ Find out more about these candidates ]
DISTRICT 11 – *Osage, *Tulsa
Democrat: Judy Eason McIntyre | Prophet-Kelly L. Clark
DISTRICT 33 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Tom Adelson
Republican: Gary A. Casey
DISTRICT 35 – *Tulsa
Republican: Gary Stanislawski | Jeff Applekamp | Cason Carter | Keith Eisenberger | Janet K. Sullivan
DISTRICT 37 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Nancy C. Riley
Republican: Jan Megee | Dan Newberry
DISTRICT 23 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Pamela Ashby | Connie Dodson
Republican: Sue Tibbs
DISTRICT 30 – *Creek, *Tulsa
Democrat: Joe Crowder
Republican: Mark E. McCullough
DISTRICT 36 – *Osage, *Tulsa
Democrat: Scott N. BigHorse
Republican: Haskell Garrett | Eddie Fields | Kevin Sean Roberts
DISTRICT 66 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Lucky Lamons
Republican: Jay K. Ramey
DISTRICT 67 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Sebastian Lantos
Republican: Pam Peterson
DISTRICT 68 – *Creek, *Tulsa
Republican: Chris Benge | Brian Jackson
DISTRICT 71 – *Tulsa
Democrat: George Bullock
Republican: Daniel S. Sullivan
DISTRICT 72 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Christie Breedlove | John Slater | Elverez Allen | Seneca Scott | Monroe Nichols
Republican: Mary Nichols
Independent: Lawrence Kirkpatrick
DISTRICT 73 – *Osage, *Tulsa
Democrat: Kevin Matthews | Jabar Shumate
DISTRICT 74 – *Rogers, *Tulsa
Republican: Robert Jerome | David Derby | Bob Batterbee
DISTRICT 75 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Ephraim Alajaji
Republican: Greg Chapman | Dan Kirby | Nathan Dahm | Dennis K. McIntire
DISTRICT 78 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Jeannie McDaniel
Republican: Jay Matlock
DISTRICT 79 – *Tulsa
Democrat: Chad Hawkins
Republican: Weldon Watson
DISTRICT 80 – *Tulsa
Republican: Mike Ritze | Maryanne Flippo
DISTRICT 98 – *Tulsa, *Wagoner
Democrat: Greg Frederick
Republican: John Trebilcock | John P. Newhouse
For more coverage and voting information, visit the News on 6.
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