Hiett Out Of Money, Tulsa World Reports

Republican Todd Hiett's campaign for lieutenant governor is out of money at the most critical time of his general election campaign with Democrat Jari Askins, the Tulsa World's Mick Hinton reports. Hiett told Hinton his campaign is broke; Hiett spent $1.3 million in the primary and then in his runoff with State Senator Scott Pruitt, R-Broken Arrow. Word of Hiett's problem comes just as Askins begins a new round of television commercials (see story this page); she apparently has ample funds on hand, due in no small part to her own contributions. The latest (8/28) SurveyUSA poll for KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City found Askins at 48 percent, Hiett at 42 percent.

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