News
Alex Ewald
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, the lone Oklahoma Democrat in Congress, will formally announce his decision not to run for re-election next year, at a press conference at 2 p.m. today in his hometown of Muskogee.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Democrat
Rep. Boren not seeking re-election in 2012
Spokeperson confirms Congressman’s plans to retire
News
Alex Ewald
U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, the lone Oklahoma Democrat in Congress, will formally announce his decision not to run for re-election next year, at a press conference at 2 p.m. today in his hometown of Muskogee.
Rep. Boren’s retirement makes future hazy for state voice in Congress
GOP vows ‘we can do better’ than Boren
News
Alex Ewald
Oklahoma has lost its lone Democratic voice in Congress after U.S. Rep. Dan Boren announced his decision at a press conference Tuesday not to run for re-election next year.
Tishomingo attorney, former mayor eyeing Boren’s House seat
Dustin Rowe considers entering Congressional ring.
News
Alex Ewald
A Republican candidate who has already made several strides in his local political arena recently announced his decision to possibly throw his hat in the ring for the 2nd Congressional District.
GOP candidate Childers wins Senate District 43 special election
Takes 60-percent vote in victory over Meador.
News
Clifton Adcock
Republican candidate Greg Childers defeated his Democratic rival Tuesday night in a special election for Senate District 43.
Pipe dreams
CFN
Gazette staff
No legislator gets hurt politically by getting tough on crime, and so it is that state Rep. Mike Shelton is calling for stiffer penalties against retailers who sell drug pipes. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. Or not.
Grand theft ... Zumba?
CFN
Gazette staff
When it comes to the fight against childhood obesity and bullying, the logical solutions might be to feed nutritional meals to kids and teach them the Golden Rule.
Race to the right
State Sen. Clark Jolley faces a tough Republican primary challenge from minister Paul Blair.
News
Clifton Adcock
One of the most competitive state legislative contests this year involves Senate District 41, which covers most of Edmond and Arcadia and includes a portion of far northeast Oklahoma City. Republican incumbent Clark Jolley, first elected in 2004, faces challenger Paul Blair in the Tuesday primary.
Democrats step up
Rice returns
Former state senator Andrew Rice is back in OKC, this time as head of the Variety Care Foundation.
News
Mark Beutler
Less than a year ago, Oklahoma lost one of its rising young political stars when former state Sen. Andrew Rice announced he was leaving. The twoterm senator had been the Senate’s Democratic leader and in 2008 lost a hard-fought race against U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe.
Oklahoma’s post election rise
