History has been made.

Tuesday, America elected her first black president, Barack Obama.

Over 74 percent of Mayes County voters turned out at 26 precincts to cast their

ballots in a historical election.

Registered voters in the county number 22,107. Of that figure, 16,465 county residents showed up at the polls.

Sixty-four percent of Mayes County voted for Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama took 35.9 percent of the county vote. McCain won Oklahoma, taking 67 percent of the state.

U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe retained his office, taking 56 percent of the state’s vote. Inhofe won in Mayes County by 51 percent. Inhofe’s Democratic challenger Andrew Rice claimed 40 percent of the Oklahoma vote and 44.9 percent of the Mayes County vote. Independent candidate Stephen P. Wallace took 5 percent of the state vote and 4 percent of the county vote.

Congressman Dan Boren won by 70 percent in U.S. Representative District 2. Sixty-nine point four percent of Mayes County voted for Boren. Boren’s opponent, Republican Raymond J. Wickson, took 30 percent in the district and 30.5 in the county.

State Representative Doug Cox claimed 72 percent of District 5’s vote. Cox, a Republican, won in Mayes County by 62.7 percent. His opponent, Democrat Kelly Kerr, took 28 percent of the entire district’s vote and 37 percent of the vote within Mayes County.

Republican Jeff Cloud won the office of long term Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner by 58 percent of the state vote. Cloud won in Mayes County by 55.6 percent. Democratic candidate Charles Gray took 42 percent of the state vote and 44 percent of the Mayes County vote.

Republican Dana Murphy won the vote for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, short term. Murphy won by 51 percent. She took 46.7 percent of Mayes County ballots. Murphy’s opponent Jim Roth, a Democrat, took 49 percent of the state vote and 53 percent of the county vote.

Mayes County voted no on the question of allowing liquor to be sold by the drink on Sundays, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The proposal lost with 54 percent of the county population voting against it and 46 percent voting for it.

Sheriff Frank Cantey kept his seat, winning by 68 percent. Cantey, a Democrat, took 10,729 votes. His challenger, Republican Chuck Clawson, took over 31 percent of the vote, with 4,952 ballots cast in his favor.

All state questions passed.

Question 735 gives 100 percent disabled veterans exemption from property taxes. It passed on a vote of 84 percent. The proposal won in Mayes County by 85 percent.

Question 741 requires businesses to apply for property tax exemption in the year they are eligible. Sixty-seven percent of Oklahomans voted for the proposal. Mayes County passed the question by 64 percent.

Question 742 changes the Constitution of Oklahoma to ensure citizens’ right to hunt, trap and fish. It passed by 80 percent in Oklahoma and 81 percent in Mayes County.

Question 743 allows winemakers to sell directly to package stores and restaurants without going through a distributor. The proposal passed on a vote of 78 percent in Oklahoma and 76.9 percent in Mayes County.

All justices and judges for Oklahoma Supreme Court, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals and Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals were retained in office.

In the Town of Adair, Adair Fire Chief Craig Cooper won the seat for board of trustee. Cooper claimed 192 votes. His opponent Bob Looney took 121 votes.