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Oklahoma U.S. House incumbents cruise to new terms
Mary Fallin, GOP, elected U.S. House, District 5, Oklahoma.
BY CHRIS CASTEEL
Oklahoman
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Published: November 4, 2008
Modified: November 5, 2008 at 12:05 am
All of Oklahoma's congressional incumbents won solid victories on Tuesday, as the four Republicans bucked a nationwide Democratic trend.
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Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation, will enjoy increased seniority in a strengthened majority. Boren won a third term by defeating Republican Raymond J. Wickson of Okmulgee.
Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City, cruised to a second term, defeating Democrat Steven L. Perry, also of Oklahoma City. However, in the next year, speculation will mount about whether Fallin will ditch the House for a gubernatorial run in 2010.
The same might be true for Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, who beat Democrat Blake Cummings, of Pauls Valley, and independent David Joyce, of Wynnewood.
A respected political guru when he first won his House seat in 2002, Cole has seen his reputation — and possibly his fortunes as a future House GOP leader — take a beating in the past two years as he headed the congressional campaign committee for Republicans in a toxic environment for the party.
Rep. Frank Lucas, the dean of Oklahoma's House delegation, defeated Democrat Frankie Robbins, of Medford, and independent Forrest Michael, of Cherokee, but could find himself in the smallest GOP minority since first coming to Washington in 1994.
Rep. John Sullivan, R-Tulsa, the only one in the delegation to face a challenger with considerable resources, beat Democrat Georgianna Oliver, a business owner from Tulsa who put more than $400,000 of her own money into the race.
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