Oops! Hiett Email Asks Askins For Help

An email from House Speaker Todd Hiett seeking help, financial and otherwise, in his race for lieutenant governor also went to his opponent, Rep. Jari Askins, Duncan Democrat. The email from Hiett said, "I urgently need your financial support." The email was sent about the same time the Tulsa World reported that Hiett's campaign is broke, and apparently went to all Democrats in the House as well as Republicans. Word of the email came in an early Tuesday morning post on a Democrat chat board, www.demookie.com. No comment yet from Hiett's campaign coordinator, Sara Pawelka. Hiett thus far has spent about $1.3 million in his campaign; he ran first in the primary and defeated State Senator Scott Pruitt of Broken Arrow in the runoff.

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