Hiett Adds $121,650, $37,400 Of It Yesterday

Republican House Speaker Todd Hiett has added $121,650 to his campaign fund this week, new CR4 filings with the Ethics Commission show.

Today's filing shows he raised $37,400 yesterday, including $5,000 maximum donations from Norman Senior Care LLC, Oklahoma First PAC in Tulsa and Dick Sias of Oklahoma City.

Hiett, facing Democrat State Rep. Jari Askins in the race for lieutenant governor, added $41,000 on October 30th and $43,250 on November 1st, the reports show. With today's filing, he has raised $121,650 this week.

Among the donors is Aubrey McClendon, chief executive officer of Chesapeake Energy ($5,000).

Hiett and Askins are locked in what most believe is an extremely close race. Poll results have fallen within the margin of error and the two are swamping the airwaves with positive and negative commercials. Askins has put $880,000 of her own money into her campaign, while Hiett used $670,000 from his House reelection fund to fuel his primary battles. Both are legislative veterans; had Democrats retained control of the House two years ago, Askins would have been speaker. As it turned out, Hiett became speaker when the GOP took control.

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