GOP hopes to extend political power

 
By SEAN MURPHY
Published: August 1, 2010

Oklahoma Republicans hoping to extend their party's grip into the governor's mansion this fall trace the roots of their recent good fortune not to anti-Washington sentiment or the tea party movement, but to changes in state law and a 1994 political revolution that saw them grab four seats in Congress.

Democrats dominated Oklahoma politics for nearly a century — and it was 101 years after statehood before the G...


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