Election Board Strikes Johnson Protest

The State Election Board today ruled against Rep. Rob Johnson's protest of fellow Republican Dana Murphy's candidacy.

The board ruled Murphy did not invalidate her filing by signing her name one way when she already had signed it another way, with a middle initial. She had been instructed to do so by Election Board Secretary Mike Clingman.

Said Murphy: "This is a victory for common sense government and the people of Oklahoma."

Said Trebor Worthen, Johnson's spokesman: "We will respect the Election Board's ruling and will let the voters decide which Republican candidate is best able to beat Jim Roth in the general election."

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