Noted Quote: Ivan Holmes

"There is no democracy going on at the Capitol in Oklahoma City," Holmes said. "Our House and Senate people are getting so beaten down, the Republicans are almost dictatorial. They're blatant about it and they don't care." ~ Democratic State Chairman Ivan Holmes, as quoted by Randy Krehbiel in the Tulsa World.

Share |

McCain Oklahoma Fundraising Surges

By Randy Krehbiel/Tulsa World ~ Oklahoma Republicans got out their checkbooks in April. Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain collected more than $450,000 from Oklahomans last month, more than doubling his total for the entire campaign cycle, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

McCain's April haul and revisions to earlier reports pushed his Oklahoma total to $925,037, compared with $383,916 just a month earlier when he trailed Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, as well as fellow Republican Rudy Giuliani, who dropped out of the race in February.

Uncharacteristically, contributions to Democratic candidates led those to Republicans throughout the past year. But McCain now leads both Clinton and Obama, and the GOP has pulled to within about $35,000 of the Democrats.

Read the entire story at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectID=12&articleID=20080523_16_A8_spancl904906.

Share |

Clinton Tops In Oklahoma Fundraising

By Randy Krehbiel, Tulsa World ~ Presidential candidates raised almost $320,000 in Oklahoma during February, and more than one-third of it went to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The Democrat, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, raked in $110,993 during February, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Her party opponent, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, collected $93,890.

The Presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain, brought in $52,970.

Another Republican, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, raised $45,755 in February before dropping out of the race.

Share |