Rice Lost 19 Counties To Rogers, Who Records Best Total In Four Races
UPDATED ~ Final election results in Tuesday's primary for the U. S. Senate shows that Democrat Andrew Rice, with unlimited money, statewide advertising and a no-name opponent who didn't campaign, lost 19 counties and narrowly won a dozen others. It was far from the whopping victory Rice and his supporters expected.
Rice's 59-41 victory over Jim Rogers of Midwest City came as incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe swamped three opponents, getting 84 percent of the GOP vote. While Rogers spent no money and got 76,973 votes, Rice spent $719,641 for his 113,780 votes. Thus, each vote cost Rice $6.32 versus zero for each of Rogers' 76,973 votes. Rogers has now run for the U. S. Senate three times and for lieutenant governor as well. This is by far his best showing in any primary. In the 2002 Senate primary, won by David Walters with 170,414 votes, Rogers got just 34,217 votes. In the 2004 Senate primary, won by Brad Carson with 280,026 votes, Rogers got just 20,179 votes. In the 2006 primary for lieutenant governor, Rogers got just 32,336 votes in a five-way primary.
Rice's inability to win some key Democrat counties indicates he faces an uphill battle against Inhofe. In "Little Dixie," and other areas, Rice's liberal reputation obviously sent voters to Rogers, who spent no money and, so far as anyone can tell, didn't shake a single hand during the campaign. Said one well-know Democrat observer: "Just running metro media doesn't help in counties that don't get their TV from them! I understand trying to save money but now you get to deal with a week of 'you should have received a bigger landslide' stories. This should remove all cockiness from the campaign staff, anyway." Said another observer: "Imagine how Mr. Rice would have fared had he not bought 1,500grp (on television) two weeks before the primary." (Rogers had no television.) Said another campaign veteran, a conservative Democrat: "Here's a perfect example of what the Rice campaign doesn't get. His watch party (I was there) had MAYBE 100 non-staff there last night, where he was introduced by Al McCaffrey. Does he think that will help him in places like McCurtain County?"
The Election Board's final unofficial results show Rice lost these counties to Rogers: Atoka, Beaver, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cimarron, Dewey, Jefferson, LeFlore, Love, McCurtain, Marshall, Ottawa, Pushmataha, Roger Mills, Sequoyah, Stephens, Texas and Tillman.
Inhofe, meanwhile, carried all 77 counties.
Rice's 59-41 victory over Jim Rogers of Midwest City came as incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe swamped three opponents, getting 84 percent of the GOP vote. While Rogers spent no money and got 76,973 votes, Rice spent $719,641 for his 113,780 votes. Thus, each vote cost Rice $6.32 versus zero for each of Rogers' 76,973 votes. Rogers has now run for the U. S. Senate three times and for lieutenant governor as well. This is by far his best showing in any primary. In the 2002 Senate primary, won by David Walters with 170,414 votes, Rogers got just 34,217 votes. In the 2004 Senate primary, won by Brad Carson with 280,026 votes, Rogers got just 20,179 votes. In the 2006 primary for lieutenant governor, Rogers got just 32,336 votes in a five-way primary.
Rice's inability to win some key Democrat counties indicates he faces an uphill battle against Inhofe. In "Little Dixie," and other areas, Rice's liberal reputation obviously sent voters to Rogers, who spent no money and, so far as anyone can tell, didn't shake a single hand during the campaign. Said one well-know Democrat observer: "Just running metro media doesn't help in counties that don't get their TV from them! I understand trying to save money but now you get to deal with a week of 'you should have received a bigger landslide' stories. This should remove all cockiness from the campaign staff, anyway." Said another observer: "Imagine how Mr. Rice would have fared had he not bought 1,500grp (on television) two weeks before the primary." (Rogers had no television.) Said another campaign veteran, a conservative Democrat: "Here's a perfect example of what the Rice campaign doesn't get. His watch party (I was there) had MAYBE 100 non-staff there last night, where he was introduced by Al McCaffrey. Does he think that will help him in places like McCurtain County?"
The Election Board's final unofficial results show Rice lost these counties to Rogers: Atoka, Beaver, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cimarron, Dewey, Jefferson, LeFlore, Love, McCurtain, Marshall, Ottawa, Pushmataha, Roger Mills, Sequoyah, Stephens, Texas and Tillman.
Inhofe, meanwhile, carried all 77 counties.
Labels: Andrew Rice, Jim Inhofe, Jim Rogers
posted by Mike McCarville @ 9:47 AM
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