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Campaign help wanted: Next-to-last weekend, House 71

It's the next to last weekend for the election, and there are plenty of opportunities to help good candidates in close races. Oklahoma Republican chairman Matt Pinnell's call to the troops from a couple of weeks ago is even more urgent now: Our nominees' need your help, and in one...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 27, 2012 12:46 AM

"Protecting Oklahoma Values" and its bogus claims against Katie Henke

An unknown, untraceable organization called "Protecting Oklahoma Values" has sent three postcards to voters in support of Oklahoma House District 71 Democrat candidate Dan Arthrell and attacking Republican nominee Katie Henke. The District 71 seat is the ballot next Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in a special election to fill the...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 31, 2012 2:47 PM

House District 71 primary Tuesday; UPDATE: Candidate confused about 1st Amendment?

CORRECTION 2012/02/12: I had erroneously listed Evelyn Rogers as a librarian at ORU. According to her response to the House 71 League of Women Voters candidate questionnaire, she is a librarian at TCC, and I have corrected the text below accordingly.) UPDATE 2012/02/12: See below regarding an odd complaint about...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 10, 2012 11:24 PM