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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Oklahoma voters select new state senator, determine House candidate slate
A vote here polling place sign is pictured on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican Bryan Logan will be sworn in on May 21 to represent Senate District 8. Logan, of Paden, on Tuesday defeated Democrat Nathan Brewer and independent Steve Sanford, both of Henryetta, in a special election. Logan garnered 62% of the vote and once sworn in will represent constituents living in a five-county area that includes Okmulgee, Okfuskee and McIntosh counties and portions of Creek and Muskogee counties. Logan, who is self-employed and a pastor at Paden Holiness Church, replaces Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, who resigned. In the Republican runoff for House District 71, Beverly A. Attebury garnered 66% of the vote, besting Tania Garza. Both are from Tulsa. Attebury faces Democrat Amanda Clinton of Tulsa in the June 10 special election. The post became vacant when former Rep. Amanda Swope, D-Tulsa, left to serve in the administration of Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols. In the Republican runoff for House District 74, Kevin Wayne Norwood garnered 51% to Sheila Vancuren's 49%. Both are from Owasso. Norwood faces Democrat Amy Hossain, of Owasso, in the June 10 special election. The seat became open when former Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, left to serve as deputy commissioner for Tulsa County Commissioner Lonnie Simms. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Oklahoma voters narrow candidates for three vacant legislative seats, send some races to runoffs
Voters were urged to take an "I voted" sticker after casting their ballots on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma voters picked winners Tuesday for three empty legislative seats. Bryan Logan defeated fellow Republican David Nelson to win the party's nomination for Senate District 8, which includes Okmulgee, Okfuskee and McIntosh counties and portions of Creek and Muskogee counties. The vacancy occurred when former Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, resigned last year. Logan faces Democrat Nathan Brewer and independent Steve Sandford in the May 13 general election. The race for House District 74, which represents Tulsa and Rogers Counties, is headed into a May 13 Republican runoff pitting Sheila Vancuren against Kevin Norwood. The winner faces Democrat Amy Hossain on June 10. The seat became vacant when Rep. Mark Vancuren, R-Owasso, took a job in Tulsa County government. The Republican nomination for House District 71 heads to a runoff. Voters will pick May 13 between Beverly Atteberry and Tania Garza. The winner will face Amanda Clinton on June 10. Clinton won the Democratic nomination. The seat, which covers Tulsa County, became open when former Rep. Amanda Swope, D-Tulsa, took a job in Tulsa city government. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
