Julie Yates
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Tuesday’s primary election decided the new district attorney for District 12 and the two party opponents for the county commissioner race. The primary also shows that two women will run in the November election for Oklahoma governor.
The District 3 commissioner race in Mayes County is between Republican Ryan Ball and Democrat Wade Parker.
Ball, a Salina resident, beat opponent Gerald Pritchett by 59 percent. Ball had 460 votes, while Pritchett had 316.
Parker, Locust Grove, took 51 percent of the Democratic votes, edging out of a runoff primary. Doug Davis had 22.36 percent of the vote and Chitwood took 26.34 percent. The counted votes were Parker, 709, Chitwood, 364, and Davis, 309.
The new district
attorney is Janice Steidley, who won over Patrick Abitol by 67 percent in Mayes County. Steidley and Abitol, both Democrats, were the sole candidates for the office being vacated by Gene Haynes. Steidley won in Craig County by nearly 60 percent. The tally in Rogers County was 3,454 votes for Steidley and 1,927 for Abitol as of 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, with 32 out of 34 precincts in.
Congresswoman Mary Fallin and Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins will face off in a run for the
governor of Oklahoma. Attorney General Drew Edmondson, who conceded to Askins Tuesday night, lost to the lieutenant governor by a narrow margin. Askins stayed ahead of Edmondson, winning the Democratic nomination with 50.3 percent of the vote.
Mayes County voted for Edmondson, giving him 51 percent of the vote and Askins 48.8 percent.
Fallin won the state’s Republican nomination by 55 percent. In Mayes County, State Senator Randy Brogdon took the lead for governor with 48 percent, but lost in the state with 39 percent of the vote. Other candidates were Roger Jackson and Robert Hubbard.
In the race for lieutenant governor, State Senator Todd Lamb, a Republican, will face State Senator Kenneth Corn. Lamb won by 67 percent, and by 64 percent in Mayes County. State Representative John Wright was Lamb’s closest opponent, taking 17 percent of the vote. Other candidates were Bernie Adler, Paul Nosak and Bill Crozier.
The Congressional race for District 2 requires a runoff primary between Republicans Charles Thompson and Daniel Edmonds. Thompson took 33.7 percent of the ballots cast and Edmonds took 28.3 percent. Because no candidate received over 50 percent of the vote, a runoff will be held
Aug. 24. The winner will face U.S. Representative Dan Boren Nov. 2.
Other Republicans running included Raymond Wickson, Chester Falling, Howard Houchen and Daniel Arnett. Their results were Wickson, 4.5 percent, Falling, 6.2 percent, Houchen, 11.4 percent, and Arnett, 15.9 percent.
Congressman Boren, a Democrat, won his party’s vote by 76.65 percent in Mayes County and over 75 percent district wide. His opponent was Jim Wilson.
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn will be challenged in November by Jim Rogers, a Democrat. Coburn, a Republican, drew two party opponents this election, Evelyn Rogers and Lewis Spring. Coburn won by 90 percent statewide. He won in Mayes County by 89.88 percent.
Rogers, who took the Democratic nomination by 65 percent, was running against fellow Democrat Mark Myles.
Republican Scott Pruitt will face Democrat Jim Priest for the office of attorney general. Pruitt won by 56 percent of the vote and 59 percent in Mayes County. His opponent was Ryan Leonard.
In the race for state auditor and inspector, incumbent Steve Burrage, a Democrat, will face Republican Gary Jones. Jones was one of two Republicans to file for the office. Jones won by
nearly 70 percent statewide and 71 percent in Mayes County.
The race for state treasurer is between Democrat Stephen Covert and Republican nominee Ken Miller. Miller won over fellow Republican Owen Laughlin by 63 percent. Mayes County voters gave Miller 67.8 percent of their ballots.
Republican Janet Barresi and Democrat Susan Paddock will vie for the office of state superintendent. Barresi beat her opponent, Brian Kelly, by nearly 63 percent in the state and 62 percent in Mayes County. Paddock won the Democratic nomination by 72 percent statewide and 76.5 percent in the county. Paddock’s opponent was Jerry Combrink.
Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields, a Democrat, will face Republican nominee Mark Costello in November. Costello took 57 percent of the statewide votes and 54.5 percent in the county. The defeated Republican candidate was Jason Reese.
The Republican primary for insurance commissioner will require a runoff election Aug. 24. Voters will decide between Republican candidates John Crawford and John Doak. Crawford took 42 percent of the state’s ballots and Doak took 39 percent. The winner will face incumbent Kim Holland in November. A third Republican candidate, Mark Croucher, had 19 percent of the votes. Mayes County’s tally was Crawford, 42.6 percent, Doak, 33.3 percent, and Croucher, 24.1 percent.
Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy retained her seat, winning by 69 percent. Murphy won in the county by 59 percent. Her sole opponent, Tod Yeager, took almost 31 percent of the state’s vote and 40.6 percent in Mayes County.
Mayes County cast 5,853 ballots in Tuesday’s election out of 21,879 registered voters. Voting were 3,701 Democrats and 2,152 Republicans.
