OK: Dem picks up blood-red State House seat formerly held by Fallin

[Adam Griffin]

Epic - third time this has happened around the country in the past month.

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[Maxwell]

The Oklahoma City congressional district is definitely trending in the Democrats way - I won't be surprised if a Democrat represents it sometime in the next ten to fifteen years (I don't think the incumbent there is particularly strong, anywho). However, it's really the only place in the state that's trending Democratic - the entire rest of the state (except maybe Tulsa, and even that is really iffy because there are a lot of very conservative areas realizing the Republican Party is for them) is quite literally running the other way.

Great news!

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Great news!

[badgate]

Awwww, this makes me miss OKC.

[Mehmentum]

Interesting, but I have to be a downer here.  Special elections often mean very little.  Special elections for State House seats mean even less.

[ElectionsGuy]

What a shock. I wonder if Fallin even carried it in her 2014 re-election. In Oklahoma, where the most classic Democratic parts of the state (meaning the rural eastern and southern areas of the state) are trending heavily Republican, the most classic Republican parts of the state (Tulsa and OKC suburbs) are giving Democrats a shot. Definitely follows the trend we've seen in previous years.

[Maxwell]

What a shock. I wonder if Fallin even carried it in her 2014 re-election. In Oklahoma, where the most classic Democratic parts of the state (meaning the rural eastern and southern areas of the state) are trending heavily Republican, the most classic Republican parts of the state (Tulsa and OKC suburbs) are giving Democrats a shot. Definitely follows the trend we've seen in previous years.

Compared to the rest of the state, those areas have been relatively moderate in terms of their Republicanism. Tulsa is a little more dixiecrat than OKC though (voted for Goldwater).