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From Roll Call Excerpts from, “GOP Defections Mount in N.Y. Special”, By Emily Cadei The floodgates have officially opened on the Republican leaders who are trying to hold together Member support, or at least minimize outright opposition, for the party’s nominee, Dede Scozzafava, in next week’s special House election in upstate New York. On Tuesday, [...]

okiepundit.com applauds US Representative Tom Cole for endorsing conservative Doug Hoffman today. Due to the vagaries of local politics two Republicans are on the ballot in the special election in NY-23. Doug Hoffman, the conservative, clearly represents the main stream values and positions of the Republican Party. He opposes the stimulus, cap and trade, card [...]

With nine months to go before the 2010 primary, the State Senate campaign of conservative Republican David Holt reported today to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission that it had raised $103,433.33 for the campaign, with over $90,000 in “cash on hand.” The donations came from 292 donors. The total does not include donations made after September [...]

Anti-BCS forces have a new warrior on their side – the newly formed Playoff PAC.  This political action committee has an aggressive game plan to challenge the BCS’s supremacy, a plan that involves a sophisticated lobby effort in Washington DC and an all out blitz on TV and the internet.  It seeks for a college [...]

If the anti-Obama sentiment remains in the Sooner state, expect for 2010 to be a banner year for Republicans – on par or even greater than 1994. And perhaps Oklahoma, like it was in 1994, maybe a harbinger of a rising Republican storm in 2010 across the United States.

Matt Jackson a lifelong Scout and native of Oklahoma City, announced his candidacy today to become the next State Senator from the 30th District of Oklahoma, the seat being vacated by term-limited Senate President Pro-Tempore Glenn Coffee.  Jackson, a Republican with a background in law enforcement and a Boy Scout leader,  said he was running [...]

Tim Pawlenty, Republican Governor of Minnesota, is challenging Mitt Romnney for the GOP’s front runner status as the 2012 race for the White House begins to rev up. As part of his strategy to make inroads with Republicans and insert himself as a real contender for the Republican nomination, Pawlenty is already setting his sights [...]

President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Sanford Coats to be the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Okiepundit.com first broke the story about Coats’ nomination back in June.