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November 02, 2004
Oklahoma | Federal races -- early and decisive victories for Republicans

The big races wrapped up quickly, with Republican Tom Coburn winning decisively over Brad Carson in the U. S. Senate race to succeed Republican Don Nickles. Right now unofficial results from the state election board show Coburn with a 10 point lead — 52 to 42, with 6 percent going to radio-controlled Independent Sheila Bilyeu. President Bush is leading two-to-one over John Kerry. All four Republican congressmen were returned, and Democrat State Rep. Dan Boren (son of former Senator David Boren) handily won the open congressional seat left by Brad Carson. So Oklahoma’s congressional delegation remains all Republican except for the 2nd District which covers the eastern third of the state.

The Senate race looked tighter initially, as the first results came from Carson’s congressional district, where there was a tremendous turnout effort aimed at overcoming the Republican advantage in the two metro areas.



Posted by Michael Bates at November 2, 2004 11:20 PM | TrackBack
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