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2024 Oklahoma presidential primary

Published February 29, 2024. Postdated to keep it at the top of the page until the polls close. Tuesday, March 5, 2024, is Oklahoma's presidential primary. On election day, polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. You'll be able to cast an early ballot at one or...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 5, 2024 7:00 PM

2020 Oklahoma presidential primary; liquor sales on Sunday

Postdated to remain at the top of the blog until the polls close at 7 p.m. Today, March 3, 2020, is the Oklahoma presidential preference primary. Oklahoma is one of 14 states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia (Democrats only), and Vermont)...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 3, 2020 7:00 PM

Oklahoma presidential primary 2016

Happy election day! Polls open across Oklahoma at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Results should start rolling in soon after 7 p.m. The Oklahoma State Election Board website will update results as they are received from the county election boards. Although results are posted on each precinct...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 1, 2016 7:10 PM

Oklahoma 2012 primary: Final results by congressional district

Here is a spreadsheet with the results by congressional district, as reported on the Oklahoma State Election Board election night results website. I've combined the results into a workbook with two tabs, one for Republicans, one for Democrats. Final Republian delegate tally appears to be Santorum 14, Romney 13, Gingrich...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 10, 2012 1:49 AM

Super Tuesday is underway

Timestamp set to keep this post at the top until the polls close at 7 p.m. It's presidential primary election day in Oklahoma, with polls open across the state from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Both parties have a primary today. Click here to see the full list of candidates....

Posted by Michael Bates on March 6, 2012 7:00 PM

Guest opinion: Santorum sincere, straightforward

I'm still working on my comprehensive report of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's speech at Oral Roberts University. In the meantime, I'm pleased to introduce a new contributor to BatesLine, who provides her own concise and insightful perspective on Santorum's visit to Tulsa. (I'm especially pleased to have a contributor...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 10, 2012 12:32 AM

Newt's Florida challenge and the GOP's sloppy rules

Newt Gingrich is challenging the plurality-takes-all allocation of Florida's 50 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Mitt Romney finished first in the January 31st primary with 46% of the vote, which means, according to rules adopted by the Florida state party rules, Romney gets all 50. Republicans in Florida and...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 3, 2012 8:32 AM

Republican cumulative delegates by date

Florida turned out as expected, but as I wrote right after South Carolina, there's no need for anyone of the remaining candidates to head for the exits. Mitt Romney's campaign is restarting the inevitability bandwagon. Pundits are falling over each other to be the first to declare that it's all...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 1, 2012 12:58 AM

Flat February: No need to head for the exits

The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating interactive graphic, with stair-steps showing how allocated Republican delegates accumulate over time in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. It's striking to see how far to the right everything has moved this year. The massive step up on Tsunami Tuesday (February 3, 2008) has...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2012 10:52 PM

Run, Tom, run, favorite son! (An open letter to Senator Coburn)

Dear Sen. Coburn, Today, Monday, December 5, 2011, marks the opening of the three-day filing period for school board seats in Oklahoma. It's also the filing period for Oklahoma's March 6, 2012, presidential preference primary. I am writing to urge you to file, to put your name on the Oklahoma...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 5, 2011 12:28 AM