House 71, House 74 runoff

Another month, another election: Today is the Republican primary runoff to fill vacancies in two Tulsa County House Districts. I encourage you to vote for attorney Beverly Atteberry in House 71 and pastoral coach and speaker Kevin Norwood in House 74.

More commentary about the candidates in my pre-primary post from April and my post from the filing period in January.

There are about two dozen special elections today across Oklahoma, mainly small-school bond issues. The general election for the Senate District 8 vacancy is also today in parts of Okmulgee, Okfuskee, McIntosh, Creek, and Muskogee counties. Bryan Logan, a conservative grassroots Republican prevailed in the April runoff to face a Democrat and an Independent.

UPDATE: Results turned out as hoped: Bryan Logan is now a senator-elect, with 62% in Senate 8. Atteberry won 66% of a paltry 222 votes cast in House 71, where highly competitive GOP primaries were common just 20 years ago. Kevin Norwood edged out incumbent-spouse Sheila Vancuren by 43 votes. The smallest turnout was 25 votes in the Garfield County town of Drummond, which renewed OG+E's franchise to provide electricity for another 25 years by a vote of 23-2.