The Green Papers: Oklahoma 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 27 July 2010
Runoff: Tuesday 24 August 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2000 Census:3,458,819 (1.23% of 281,998,273)
Capital:Oklahoma City
Tuesday 27 July 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 24 August 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
 

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Oklahoma State and Local Government

If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters.

 
           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2 Republican Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe
• First elected to fill out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill the impending vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator David L. Boren (Democrat): effective, 15 November 1994 but announced before the 1994 Oklahoma state/local Primary in August 1994, allowing for this Special Election to take place; elected to a full term: 1996; re-elected 2002, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Class 3
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator  Tom Coburn
• First elected: 2004.
(also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998.)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Tom Coburn
• FEC S4OK00174: $1,698,158
  Candidate Independent     Stephen Paul Wallace
• Previously affiliated with the Republican Party
• FEC S8OK00225: $0
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
Chair up for election
Open		 Democratic Governor  Brad Henry
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Jari Askins
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Edward "Drew" Edmondson
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Randy Brogdon
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Mary C. Fallin
• Congressman CD 5
  Candidate Republican     Robert Hubbard
  Candidate Republican     Roger Jackson
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Jari Askins
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Kenneth Corn
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Todd Lamb
    Republican     state Representative  Colby Schwartz - apparently not a candidate
• October 2009: Running for re-election in the state House of Representatives.
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  John A. Wright
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  John Sullivan
• Elected 8 January 2002 in Special Election for the term to begin 15 February, the effective date of the resignation of Steve Largent (who resigned to run for OK Governor). Representative Sullivan will take oath of office 27 February 2002.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• 1 June 2009: Congressman Sullivan enters the Betty Ford Clinic for alcohol addiction.
  Candidate Republican     Nathan Ryan Dahm
• FEC H0OK01089: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  John Sullivan
• FEC H2OK01093: $387,961
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  David Daniel "Dan" Boren
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David Daniel "Dan" Boren
• FEC H4OK02089: $474,959
  Candidate Republican     Daniel "Dan" Arnett
• FEC H0OK02145: $7,569
  Candidate Republican     Daniel E. Edmonds
• FEC H0OK02160: $12,080
  Candidate Republican     Howard Wayne Houchen
• FEC H0OK02152: $25,530
  Candidate Republican     Charles Leroy Thompson, Jr.
• FEC H0OK02186: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Miki Booth
• FEC H0OK02178: Financial report not available
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Frank D. Lucas
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Frank D. Lucas
• FEC H4OK06056: $417,292
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Tom Cole
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Tom Cole
• FEC H2OK04055: $394,314
  Candidate Republican     Hector Diaz
  Candidate Republican     R. J. Harris
• FEC H0OK04133: $34,997
CD 5
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Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Congressman  Mary C. Fallin
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Republican     Paul Arabie
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Kevin Calvey
• FEC H6OK05228: $607,949
    Republican     Bill Cathey - apparently not a candidate
• 6 January 2010: Dropped out.
    Republican     Corporation Commissioner  Jeff Cloud - apparently not a candidate
• October 2009: Filed a Statement of Candidacy with the FEC for U.S. House CD 5.
10 February 2010: Ended his Congressional candidacy citing health concerns and responsibilities with his job as Corporation Commissioner and his family.
• FEC H0OK05122: $174,551
    Republican     Congressman  Mary C. Fallin - apparently not a candidate
• Gubernatorial candidate in 2010
• FEC H6OK05160: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Ricky A. "Rick" Flanigan, Jr.
• FEC H0OK05106: $2,543
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Shane Jett
  Candidate Republican     James Lankford
• FEC H0OK05114: $129,782
  Candidate Republican     Johnny B. Roy
• FEC H6OK05236: $45,315
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Michael Ray "Mike" Thompson
• FEC H0OK05098: $571,273
  Candidate Independent; (Libertarian)     Clark Duffe
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Attorney General  Edward "Drew" Edmondson
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Republican     Ryan Leonard
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Treasurer Scott Meacham
• Appointed by Governor Brad Henry June 2005; first elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Owen Laughlin
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Ken Miller
Auditor and Inspector  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Auditor and Inspector  Steve Burrage
• Appointed: 10 July 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Labor Commissioner Lloyd L. Fields
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Insurance Commissioner  Kim Holland
• Appointed by Governor Brad Henry January 2005; first elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Public Instruction Superintendent  Sandy Garrett
• First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Retiring in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     former Mayor of Colbert Randall Gorman
  Candidate Republican     Janet Barresi
Corporation Commissioner 1  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2010
Seat up for election Republican Corporation Commissioner  Dana L. Murphy
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Corporation Commissioner 2  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2012
  Republican Corporation Commissioner  Bob Anthony
• First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Corporation Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2014
  Republican Corporation Commissioner  Jeff Cloud
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
• October 2009: Filed a Statement of Candidacy with the FEC for U.S. House CD 5.
10 February 2010: Ended his Congressional candidacy citing health concerns and responsibilities with his job as Corporation Commissioner and his family.
 
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 5 candidates
 • Republican: 9 incumbents, 28 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
Independents
 • Independent: 3 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/index.html
Election Authority
 • Oklahoma State Election Board
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Oklahoma Legislature
 • Oklahoma State House of Representatives
 • Oklahoma State Senate
Democratic
 • Oklahoma Democratic Party
Republican
 • Oklahoma Republican Party
Third Party
 • Constitution Party of Oklahoma
 • Constitution Party of Oklahoma
 • Green Party of Oklahoma
 • Green Party of Oklahoma
 • Oklahoma Libertarian Party
 • Oklahomans for Life
 • The Unity Party of Oklahoma
Media & others
 • Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
 • Claremore Daily Progress
 • DC's Political Report - Oklahoma
 • Hugo Daily News
 • KOCO TV - ABC - Oklahoma City
 • KOTV TV - CBS - Tulsa
 • KRMG AM - Tulsa
 • KSWO TV - ABC - Lawton
 • McAlester News Capital & Democrat
 • Native American Times - Tulsa
 • NewsLink.org - Oklahoma Newspapers
 • OBAR: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform
 • Oologah Lake Leader
 • Politics1.com - Oklahoma
 • Stillwater NewsPress
 • Sulphur Times-Democrat
 • The Daily Ardmoreite - Ardmore
 • The Edmond Sun
 • The Miami News-Record
 • The Norman Transcript
 • The Oklahoma Constitution
 • The Oklahoman - NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City
 • The Ponca City News
 • The Shawnee News-Star
 • The Weatherford Daily News
 • Tulsa Beacon
 • Tulsa World
 

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