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Josh Turley for Tulsa County Commissioner, District 2
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The only contested Tulsa County office on the ballot is a rematch for Tulsa County Commissioner, District 2. Republican Josh Turley seeks to defeat 12-year incumbent Democrat Commissioner Karen Keith. Dr. Turley, whose doctorate is in organizational leadership, had a distinguished 24-year career at the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office,...
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Oklahoma state statute and Oklahoma Ethics Commission rules require campaign committees for city elections to file a campaign contributions and expenditures report with the City Clerk's office 10 days prior to an election (effectively 8 days, since the clerk's office is closed on the weekend, so the report is...
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The 2020 Oklahoma general election ballot has retention votes for three State Supreme Court justices, two judges on the Court of Criminal Appeals, and three judges on the Court of Civil Appeals. These are yes-no votes, unlike the district judge elections that occur in gubernatorial election years. If "no" prevails...
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Oklahoma State Question 805 would insert a new article into the Oklahoma Constitution to ban longer sentences for repeat felony offenders. The question arises from an initiative petition. SQ 805 is opposed by the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association (and by both candidates for Oklahoma County Sheriff), the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, the...
![]() Oklahoma SQ 805: Lighter sentences for career criminals Click the headline to read the full story.
In-person absentee voting is available at your County Election Board office or other designated sites on Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Friday, October 30, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, October 31, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To better...
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Only two state questions are on the ballot in November, which seems like a record low. Of the 12 attempts this year at putting a question on a ballot via initiative petitions, two made it two the ballot (802 and 805), two (involving marijuana) are in process, and the remainder...
![]() Oklahoma SQ 814: Using tobacco money to pay for Medicaid expansion Click the headline to read the full story.
In-person absentee voting is available at your County Election Board office or other designated sites on Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Friday, October 30, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, October 31, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To better...
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This past April 22, 2020, was the 131st anniversary of the land run that opened the central part of today's State of Oklahoma to homesteading by non-Indian settlers. These were lands owned by the U. S. Government and not assigned to any organized territory nor to any Indian nation or...
![]() How did the Unassigned Lands become unassigned? Click the headline to read the full story.
Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating has written an op-ed for the Daily Oklahoman opposing State Question 805, a ballot proposition that would add an amendment to the Constitution of Oklahoma forbidding sentence enhancements for repeat offenders for many heinous albeit technically non-violent crime. SQ 805 will be on the November...
![]() Frank Keating: No on SQ805 Click the headline to read the full story.
Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum IV narrowly avoided a November runoff, winning re-election outright with 51.9% in this first round of City of Tulsa voting. 30-year-old Greg Robinson II, running to Bynum's left, garnered 28.8% of the vote. Ken Reddick, running to Bynum's right, finished third with 13.8%, followed by Ty...
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