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Dana Murphy upsets Jim Roth in Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner race
Republican Dana Murphy upset Corporation Commissioner Jim Roth Tuesday in a race to fill the remaining two years of former Commissioner Denise Bode's term.
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Despite being significantly outdone in fundraising, Murphy emerged victorious in a race that started as a campaign on affordable energy and experience but turned into one questioning character and ethics.
“I feel incredibly grateful to the voters of Oklahoma for selecting me, based on my qualifications and experience,” Murphy said. “I wanted to give Oklahomans somebody to vote for, not to vote against.”
During the campaign, Roth went after Murphy, accusing her of ethical lapses, while Murphy accused Roth of pandering to special interests as a county commissioner.
Late Tuesday, Murphy led Roth by more than 60,000 votes with about 99 percent of the state's precincts reporting. Precincts still out were mostly rural, and not expected to generate enough movement to change the race's outcome.
Roth was appointed by Gov. Brad Henry to fill Bode's seat until Tuesday's election.
“We always knew it was going to be a tight race,” Roth said. “We worked very hard.”
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