The Nov. 6 election results ushered in a new class of elected officials in Oklahoma scheduled to begin work during the start of a new legislative session in February, or in some cases, before then. Oklahomans showed preference for female candidates like never before and demonstrated a newfound respect for political outsiders. Those outsiders include […]
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Election penalty
The Nov. 6 election night results were cause for many across Oklahoma, including 38-year-old winner Nikki Nice, who won the open Ward 7 seat on Oklahoma City Council, to celebrate. However, no more than 24 hours later, Nice found herself the recipient of bad news as her former employer, Perry Publishing & Broadcasting Company, fired […]
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In session
Long before an estimated 30,000 teachers marched at the state capitol for 10 days in April, educators met with their state representatives and urged them to enact legislation that would increase school funding. Oklahoma was ranked one of the lowest in the nation for per-pupil spending and teacher pay, and the damning statistics could be […]
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Ladies’ night
Results from the Nov. 6 midterm elections were a cause for celebration for many as an unprecedented amount of women emerged triumphant nationally. History was made in several states, including Tennessee, where voters elected their first woman to the United States Senate; Texas, where voters chose Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia as the first Latina […]
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Balancing act
Oklahoma City’s 36th mayor, David Holt, said 1993 is the year everything changed for Oklahoma’s capital city. That year, almost half a million people called Oklahoma City home, and some undoubtedly were reluctant. State historians agree that downtown was virtually vacant and the economy was suffering. Oklahoma City was on its way to becoming Detroit, […]
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School dance
The incumbent Having served as Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction for over three years, Joy Hofmeister said she’s not interested in ushering in new policies, should she be voted into a second term. Rather, she said, she’d like to continue on the path she has been on since 2015 to create better schools that […]
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Governing counties
The trailblazer Carrie Blumert epitomizes her life motto. “Work hard and be kind” is a simple saying she uses to help her keep fighting the good fight. With a smile on her face and pep in her step, the 31-year-old Oklahoma City-County Health Department program director has knocked on over 10 thousand doors during her […]
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Midterm movement
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS U.S. Representative District 04 Tom Cole (R) Mary Brannon (D) Ruby Peters (I) U.S. Representative District 05 Steve Russell (R) Kendra Horn (D) STATE OFFICERS Governor Kevin Stitt (R) Drew Edmondson (D) Chris Powell (I) Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell (R) Anastasia A. Pittman (D) Ivan Holmes (I) State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd (R) […]
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Money men
The challenger Even clad in a suit and tie sans cowboy boots and speaking in a Belgian accent, Charles de Coune still oozes Oklahoma. The European-born lending manager for Oklahoma Water Resources Board moved to the Sooner State 24 years ago after spending his childhood in Belgium and four years in Kansas as a high […]
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Pleading the 5th
The challenger If Democrats across the nation were searching for candidates who could make a big splash in their blue wave, they got what they were looking for in Kendra Horn, the Democratic candidate for Oklahoma’s 5th congressional district. A fifth-generation Oklahoman and an Oklahoma City-based attorney, Horn decided to run for Congress after serving […]