Oklahoma Primary Results

As I promised, results that any of you could have picked up from multiple sources while I was gone (but hey, it's fun to pretend I have a readership that has been desperately craving this information)...

Governor
On the Democratic side, Governor Brad Henry easily was renominated, beating his opponent, Andrew Marr, Jr., 86%-14%.

Republicans nominated Congressman Ernest Istook, as expected. Istook received 58% of the vote, with Bob Sullivan the closest challenger at 31%. Neither of the other two stooges...er, candidates...received more than 10% of the vote.

Oklahoma CD 1
As expected, John Sullivan (R) easily cruised to the nomination, receiving 83% of the vote. He will face Alan Gentges (D) in November.

Oklahoma CD 2
Patrick Miller (R) won 72% of the vote, and will face Congressman Dan Boren (D) in November.

Oklahoma CD 3
Sue Barton (D) took out her two opponents, receiving 53% of the vote, and will face Congressman Frank Lucas (R) in November.

Oklahoma CD 5
With Congressman Ernest Istook (R) running for Governor, this seat was wide open, and as a result 6 Republicans were vying for the right to get on the ballot in November. Not surprisingly, none of them received the necessary 50% required for the nomination, and so there will be a runoff on August 22 between the top two vote-getters. One of the names is surprising, the other is not. First, Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin, who had raised the second most amount of money and obviously has name recognition as a statewide office-holder, received nearly 35% of the vote, easily beating her challengers. However, the top money-raiser in this race was Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode, with over $1 million in the bank. It didn't help her, as she came in third with 19% of the vote. Instead, Fallin will face Mick Cornett in August, after Cornett received 24% of the vote in the primary.

The Democratic side was more decisive, with David Hunter receiving 63% of the vote. He will face either Fallin or Cornett in November.