AP: Inhofe declared the winner in Senate GOP race

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe appeared headed for an easy primary victory over three little-known foes Tuesday in his bid for re-election to a third term.Inhofe, 73, was getting more than 80 percent of the vote in early balloting. In the Democratic primary, 35-year-old state Sen. Andrew Rice was getting about 59 percent against Jim Rogers, a perennial candidate.

Incumbent Republican Rep. John Sullivan of the 1st Congressional District and Democrat Dan Boren of the 2nd Congressional District also seemed headed toward comfortable victories.

Inhofe, a supporter of the war in Iraq, went to the Senate in 1994 after Democrat David Boren left to become a university president.

He is considered one of the most conservative members of the Senate and drew the ire of environmentalists for calling man-made global warning a hoax.

– The Associated Press

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