The Okie

Oklahoma Governor: Fallin (R) 45%, Dorman (D) 40% Republican Mary Fallin is in a surprisingly close contest for reelection in Rasmussen Reports’ first look at the 2014 gubernatorial race in Oklahoma. A new statewide telephone survey of Likely Oklahoma Voters finds Fallin with 45% support to Democratic state Representative Joe Dorman’s 40%. Seven percent (7%) […]...

Obama must address surge in young immigrants By Sen. Jim Inhofe & Rep. Tom Cole, The Oklahoman, July 14, 2014 As one of America’s premier military installations, Fort Sill continuously accepts and trains hundreds of new U.S. Army recruits. After graduating from Fort Sill’s 10-week basic training course, these soldiers go on to help keep […]...

Wayne Greene: Three political lessons from the GOP 5th District primary BY WAYNE GREENE World Editorial Pages Editor It doesn’t really count as a prediction. I don’t have the gift of prophesy, I don’t pretend to understand greater Oklahoma City all that well, and I really didn’t say definitively who was going to win. But, […]...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today called on President Obama to include in his trip to Texas a visit to the border in order to witness first-hand the immigration crisis and surge of unaccompanied alien children (UAC): “President Obama’s failed policies and campaign tactics have driven the unprecedented flow of unaccompanied […]...

Tom Coburn leaves brasher peers in wake By BURGESS EVERETT and LAUREN FRENCH When Tom Coburn came to the Senate in 2005, he was the sharpest thorn in the side of his Republican colleagues. But now that he is leaving the upper chamber at the end of this year, other conservatives — like Sens. Ted […]...

Republicans woo evangelical base in bid to recapture the Senate Religion New Service, David Gibson (RNS) The Republican National Committee on Friday (June 27) launched its first web-based effort to rally conservative believers behind the party, a sign of how crucial voter turnout will be in this fall’s close-fought midterm elections and an indication that […]...

Washington, DC, July 2, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Congressman Jim Bridenstine (OK) was denied access yesterday to the HHS facility at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma currently housing up to 1,200 unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who illegally crossed the southern border into the United States. Congressman Bridenstine said, “There is no excuse for denying a Federal Representative […]...

Tea Party Express Endorses Steve Russell for Congress Sacramento, CA – Tea Party Express, the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, is proud to endorse Steve Russell for Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District. Tea Party Express Executive Director Taylor Budowich said, “Steve Russell is exactly the kind of conservative leader we need to send to […]...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2014 Contact: Jenn Ketchum GOP Elected Officials: Immigration Reform Cannot Wait OKLAHOMA CITY – Today a group of current and former Republican elected officials sent a letter to the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation calling on Congress to pass immigration reform this year. Signatures include former Governor Frank Keating, former Speaker of the […]...