Lane, Prater Pay Consultants $83,373

Consultants to the campaigns of Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane and his challenger, Democrat David Prater, have been paid $83,373 this year, their Ethics Commission financial reports show. The sums, 30 percent of the total the two have raised, appear to include some printing and polling; the listings are non-specific. Republican Lane, seeking reelection, spent $43,829 on consulting fees, including survey research with Wilson Research Strategies of Oklahoma City. Prater spent $39,544 in payments to consultant Don Hoover, and to Hendricks & Associates Consulting; that firm lists itself as specializing in "progressive politics," the in-vogue label for "liberal politics." Principals in the firm are Jeremy Hendricks, Robert Blunt and Russell Griffin. Lane's report filed for the period that ended August 7th show he had raised about $175,000 and spent just under $80,000 as of that time. Prater had raised just over $98,000 and spent almost $65,000. Prater is a former police officer and assistant district attorney.

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