World: Riley Seat Huge This Year

From The Tulsa World ~ The outcome of the race for a Tulsa-area Senate district will play a huge role in determining which party controls the upper chamber next year.

Sen. Nancy Riley, D-Sand Springs, is hoping to retain the seat she has held since 2000, when, as a Republican, she narrowly defeated the Democratic incumbent, Lewis Long. She will face the winner of the July 29 Republican primary, which pits Dan Newberry, the president of Homeland Federal Mortgage, against Jan Megee, an administrative aide for the Tulsa City Council.

Riley has raised considerably more money than the two Republicans have. But the race is expected to possibly break a record in terms of spending for a four-year Senate post that pays $38,400 a year.

The Senate is tied with 24 Republicans and 24 Democrats.

Read the entire story at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080629_16_A1_spancl258181.

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