Rep-elect Markwayne Mullin Announces Some Staff Hires
Markwayne Mullin, a Republican who will be sworn in next month as the new House member for Oklahoma’s 2nd District, announced some of his staff on Tuesday. Karl Ahlgren, former chief of staff to Tom Coburn when Coburn served in the House, will leave his political consulting firm to be Mullin’s top aide. Mullin is retaining some of the Oklahoma “field reps” that have worked the 2nd District for years helping constituents through the maze of federal bureaucracies.
Mullin was elected to replace retiring Rep.…
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Markwayne Mullin Gets Committee Assignments
Rep.-elect Markwayne Mullin got a couple of committee assignments that will be good for his district and the state. The Republican from Westville, who will replace Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, in January, will serve on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which writes highway bills and monitors transportation issues; and the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over Indian tribal issues and many energy-related issues on public lands. Boren currently serves on Natural Resources.
Here’s a release from Mullin’s office:
Newly elected Congressman Markwayne Mullin was selected by the Republican Steering Committee to serve on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as the House Committee on Natural Resources.…
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Rep-elect Markwayne Mullin to Hold Listening Tour in 26 Eastern Oklahoma Counties
Markwayne Mullin, a Westville Republican who was elected to replace Rep. Dan Boren in Congress, plans to hit all 26 counties in the 2nd congressional district next week to hear from people before he takes office in January.
“I’m very proud of the campaign we ran and am eager to begin the work I was elected to do,” Mullin said. “As I traveled the District during the 18 months of campaigning I found many people who were as fed up as I was.…
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Republican Markwayne Mullin Declared Winner in 2nd District Race
AP is projecting Republican Markwayne Mullin will defeat Democrat Rob Wallace in the eastern Oklahoma congressional district currently held by retiring Rep. Dan Boren. That will make the Oklahoma congressional delegation all Republican for first time since 2000.…
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Markwayne Mullin Tapped to Give National Republican Address
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has chose Markwayne Mullin, the Republican nominee in the 2nd District congressional race in Oklahoma, to give the weekly GOP address on Saturday. Mullin is facing Democrat Rob Wallace and Independent Michael G. Fulks in the Nov. 6 election to replace retiring Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee.
Here is the release from Boehner’s office:
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today announced that Oklahoma small businessman and rancher Markwayne Mullin will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, October 13.…
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Herriman Corrects Campaign Finance Reports
Wayne Herriman, the Muskogee Democrat running for Congress in the eastern Oklahoma district being vacated by Rep. Dan Boren, has amended three of his campaign finance reports to reflect his election cycle totals. Herriman filed amendments with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday for reports running from last October through June 7.
In the previous filings, Herriman had listed his contributions, loans and expenditures for the relevant period, but entered 0s in the column meant to show his cumulative totals.
As of Friday morning, Herriman had yet to amend his latest report, which was filed late last week, to show his running totals.…
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Wayne Herriman’s Problems With Campaign Finance Reporting
Democrat Wayne Herriman is new to politics, and even long-time incumbents sometimes make errors in filing campaign finance reports. But Herriman, of Muskogee, who is now in a run-off with Rob Wallace, of Fort Gibson, for the 2nd District congressional seat seems to be the only one of the Oklahoma newcomers running for Congress continually filing reports that fail to list his fundraising and expenditure totals for the entire election cycle.
Each time a candidate files a report, he or she must report their activities for that period, typically three months, and also give a running total of how much they’ve raised and spent since their candidacy began.…
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Oklahoma Congressional Candidates Speak Out on Health Care Ruling
Some candidates seeking seats in the next Congress released statements on Thursday following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of the health care law.
In the 5th District, currently represented by Rep. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma City, Democrat Tom Guild, of Edmond, said: “I am very pleased that the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. The fact that Republican and Bush Appointee Chief Justice Roberts cast the deciding vote to uphold the law is an important signal that the country needs to come together in a bipartisan fashion and create jobs and support education, pass the highway bill, and stop college student loans rates from doubling in two days.…
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Did Precinct Workers Wind Up With a Lot of Extra “I Voted Today” Stickers?
According to the Oklahoma Election Board results, nearly half of the precincts have reported in the 2nd Congressional District, and only about 4,300 votes were counted, two-thirds coming in the Democratic primary. This is going to make for a very expensive election per vote for some of these candidates.
In 2010, there were interesting statewide primaries, including ones for governor. Still only about 24,000 people voted in the Republican primary for Congress that year. There are no statewide races to draw voters this year.…
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Rob Wallace Winning Several Counties Early
Democrat Rob Wallace is beating Wayne Herriman and Earl Everett in most of the counties reporting in the 2nd congressional district, but Everett, despite not having near the campaign of the other two, is polling 13 percent. If he gets that much when all the votes are counted, it would be hard for Wallace or Herriman to win outright.…
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