OKGOP Delegate/Elector info, Convention dates

Earlier this week, OKGOP Chair Pam Pollard sent out rules and information on both the national delegate and elector selection processes. Fellow Republicans, In anticipation of the Republican Party’s National Convention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, in July, the Oklahoma Republican Party published this week the rules...

Music Monday: Rustle of Spring

This week's Music Monday is Rustle of Spring by Christian Sinding. Enjoy! Click here to see previous Music Monday posts. This song was a Music Monday suggestion from a friend. Do you have a song you'd like to submit for a future Music Monday? Email me at JamisonFaught@MuskogeePolitico.c...

Oklahoma Libertarian Party gains ballot access

State recognizes Libertarian Party (Oklahoma City) – Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax announced that the Libertarian Party has been certified as a recognized party in the state Monday after election officials reviewed and approved petitions submitted last month. The Libertarians gathered 42,182...

Music Monday: 'Ode to Joy' sung by a 10,000-voice choir

This week's Music Monday is the choral finale in the 4th Movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The lyrics are from the poem Ode to Joy - some might be more familiar with the tune being used in the hymn Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee. This particular version is sung by a 10,000-voice choir in Osaka, Japan; evidently, Ode to Joy is very popular over there. Enjoy! Click here to see...

MuskogeePhoenix: Jarrin Jackson says his military experience will benefit veterans

Candidate says his military experience will benefit veterans by D.E. Smoot, Muskogee Phoenix Staff Writer A combat veteran awarded two bronze stars for his service in Afghanistan plans to compete for the Republican nomination in the contest to elect the next representative of Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District. Jarrin...

Drunk on Debt: A Report from Restore Accountability

Our country is in trouble. The national debt has reached $19 trillion, with billions added each day. Thousands of Federal programs are losing hundreds of billions of dollars annually to waste, fraud and abuse. Interest payments on the debt and mandatory spending programs like Medicare and Social Security will soon consume...

Inhofe endorses..... John Kasich

Because nothing says "he can stop Trump" like winning just ONE out of the thirty-one primaries and caucuses so far, Jim Inhofe is now supporting John Kasich, who mathematically needs about 110% of all remaining delegates in order to win. Inhofe had previously supported Marco Rubio. Here's the press release from the Kasich...

Music Monday: Hard Times Come Again No More

This week's Music Monday is Hard Times Come Again No More by the American songwriter Stephen Foster. A prolific composer from the mid-1840s to his death in 1864, in many ways Foster was the 'father of American music'. He wrote many folk songs that endure to this day, such as Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home, and Oh! Susanna. Enjoy! Click here to see previous Music Monday pos...

Op-ed: Common Core May Be Coming Back to OK Classrooms March 23rd

Kevin Batts, blogger at TheRedRiverChronicle.com Why March 23rd Common Core May Be Coming Back to an Oklahoma Classroom Near You Brought to You by State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister While the electorate is distracted by the Republican Presidential primaries candidates, the voters in Oklahoma are unaware that Common...

McAnally elected OKGOP Vice Chair

Fellow Oklahoma Republicans,The Oklahoma Republican Party State Committee met Saturday and elected a new State Vice Chairman. DeWayne McAnally was elected to serve the remainder of the term of former OKGOP State Vice Chair Estela Hernandez, who resigned in January to accept a new opportunity to serve Oklahomans.Dr. Harold...

It's time for a Cuban Compact

This Republican presidential primary has turned out to be rather depressing. Starting the season off, we had the youngest, most diverse, most talented set of candidates ever going up against a weak, homogenous Democratic field of old, white northeastern liberals. The contrast was going to be tremendous. Yesterday versus...

Music Monday: 'The Suite' from Downton Abbey

This week's Music Monday is The Suite from the popular British historical drama Downton Abbey. This is the full version of the intro theme. Enjoy! Click here to see and listen to more of my Music Monday post...

Oklahoma Election Maps: Top 3 by County

We've had another statewide election, so it's time for some more of my Election Results Maps. This set of maps looks at the finish order for the top three Republican candidates in Oklahoma's presidential primary - Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz received 34.37% of the vote statewide. He took first-place...

Oklahoma results: Trump dominated early, but Cruz surged on election day

Looking at the returns for Oklahoma's Republican presidential primary, you can see that winner Ted Cruz made a big surge with election-day voting. Absentee voting made up 2.39% of total votes cast, and Donald Trump had a 6.06% lead over Cruz. Early voting was 4.08% of votes cast, and Trump still had a 5.77%...

Cruz wins Oklahoma amid record turnout; results by Congressional District

Ted Cruz surged back to win Oklahoma's presidential primary last night. Cruz greatly over-performing polling averages, which had Trump leading by 11.4% (at 32.7%), Rubio in second (21.3%) and Cruz in third (20.3%). Instead, Cruz took 34.37%, Trump collapsed to 28.32% and Rubio came in with 26.02%. The public polling was...

Super Tuesday

Today is the presidential primary in Oklahoma and about a dozen other states. If you are a Republican, I urge you to vote to stop Donald Trump. Personally, I will be voting for Ted Cruz. In Oklahoma, polls close at 7pm. Exercise your right to vot...