Edwards Plans Oklahoma City Stops

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who finished second in Oklahoma’s primary four years ago and appears to be running second this time around, plans to campaign in Oklahoma City today and Friday. Edwards' visits come as a new poll showed him trailing Senator Hillary Clinton and leading Barack Obama in the state.

The Friday event begins at 6 p.m. at the Teamster Hall on West Reno. Edwards will stop in Oklahoma on Friday night after visiting Las Vegas earlier in the day. The stop is part of a western swing that features stops in Nevada, Los Angeles and St. Louis before Edwards returns to the East Coast in advance of South Carolina’s January 26 primary.

Edwards, along with his daughter Cate, will attend an 11:30 a.m. press conference Tuesday at Wiley Post Airport in Bethany, according to a news release.

Oklahoma’s primary will be held on February 5.

Fellow Democrat Barack Obama opened a campaign office in Oklahoma City on Monday in the same building that houses the Oklahoma Democratic Party on North Lincoln Boulevard.

Isaac Baker, a spokesman for Hillary Rodham Clinton, said her campaign is considering opening an Oklahoma office and is adding staff for a grassroots campaign in the state.

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