Oklahoma Governor 2018 Smorgasbord

[Joe Biden 2020]

Scott Inman just came to our house. Seemed like a nice guy.

I really would like to meet him.

[Cynthia]

Don't live nor ever been to OK, but Inman and Edmondson both seem to be quite electable (and heavyweights)?

Also just researched on Mike Cornett, seems like a fine and sane guy with little ties to Trump?

[Joe Biden 2020]

Don't live nor ever been to OK, but Inman and Edmondson both seem to be quite electable (and heavyweights)?

Also just researched on Mike Cornett, seems like a fine and sane guy with little ties to Trump?

Either Inman or Edmondson could very well win the race with as much as everyone, including a lot of Republicans, dislike Mary Fallin.

Mick Cornett has said very, very little about President Trump, whether in support or disagreement.  He has exclusively been focused on being the Mayor of Oklahoma City and is running for Governor of Oklahoma.  To my recollection, he has rarely even mentioned Governor Mary Fallin either in support or disagreement.  He doesn't want to ruffle too many feathers, which I think is smart.  There's no doubt he voted for both Trump and Fallin in their respective general elections, but he has mentioned very little about either one of them.

The most controversial thing he has done is just recently proposed extending our MAPS city construction and improvement bond sales tax that was first implemented over 20 years ago, but without allocating a single penny or fraction of a penny to education.  This is after the voters rejected SQ 779 last November which would have implemented a penny sales tax to give teachers a $5,000 pay raise.  He wants to raise our taxes to pay for city improvements, but not to pay our teachers.  This is the main reason I hesitate to vote for him for Governor.  I'm afraid he will prioritize the cosmetics of the state over necessities like education.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

for what its worth I really hope Edmundson doesn't win. I'm imaging he'll tank badly ala Evan Bayh or Ted Strickland.

Bayh is a better comparison.  While I agree that Inman is a far better candidate, Strickland tanked due to factors that were completely different than the ones that sunk Bayh.

[PragmaticPopulist]

for what its worth I really hope Edmundson doesn't win. I'm imaging he'll tank badly ala Evan Bayh or Ted Strickland.

Bayh is a better comparison.  While I agree that Inman is a far better candidate, Strickland tanked due to factors that were completely different than the ones that sunk Bayh.

From what I know about Oklahoma politics, it always seems to favor the "outsider". Edmondson was among the last Democrats to win a statewide election in OK, but he might seem too "establishment" and "of the past" for a statewide election now, just like Evan Bayh. Connie Johnson is just not a good cultural fit for the state at-large. Inman might be the best candidate in the primary.

[Breton Racer]

Edmondson is the most likely Dem by far to win. He is a proven candidate who can, and hopefully will, win.

61.2%
60.1%
 52.2%
1994, 2002 and 2006, from bottom to top, he ran unnopposed in 1998.

[Indy Texas]

Edmondson is the most likely Dem by far to win. He is a proven candidate who can, and hopefully will, win.

61.2%
60.1%
 52.2%
1994, 2002 and 2006, from bottom to top, he ran unnopposed in 1998.

Have those three panhandle counties ever voted Democratic?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Edmondson is the most likely Dem by far to win. He is a proven candidate who can, and hopefully will, win.

61.2%
60.1%
 52.2%
1994, 2002 and 2006, from bottom to top, he ran unnopposed in 1998.

Have those three panhandle counties ever voted Democratic?

They didn't even vote for Governor Henry in 2006.
https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=40&year=2006&f=0&off=5&elect=0
https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=40&off=99

[Skunk]

Edmondson is the most likely Dem by far to win. He is a proven candidate who can, and hopefully will, win.

61.2%
60.1%
 52.2%
1994, 2002 and 2006, from bottom to top, he ran unnopposed in 1998.

Have those three panhandle counties ever voted Democratic?

Carter carried Cimarron (far left) in '76. As for statewide, Cimarron also voted David Walters for governor in 1990.

Edit: Cimarron also voted Dem in the 1994 State Auditor race.

[Badger]

Edmondson is the most likely Dem by far to win. He is a proven candidate who can, and hopefully will, win.

61.2%
60.1%
 52.2%
1994, 2002 and 2006, from bottom to top, he ran unnopposed in 1998.

I hate to restate the obvious, but Oklahoma has made a hardcore shift right word even at the state and local level since his last election over ten years ago which he barely won

[Adam Griffin]

Here's your winning map today. You need the oil counties to take an even greater hit, Little Dixie to swing pretty substantially (effectively replicating the 2010-2014 swing in terms of net gains), OKC and Tulsa to get on the anti-Trump suburbanite bandwagon like other metro areas did in 2016 (and by similar margins), a small-but-consistent statewide anti-GOP backlash built on school system dissatisfaction, and a strong Dem turnout coupled with a weak GOP one. That should get you barely across the finish line (i.e. a plurality).

[I’m not Stu]

Are there any conservative Democrats who can win statewide in Oklahoma?

[smoltchanov]

Are there any conservative Democrats who can win statewide in Oklahoma?

There are no more "really conservative" Democrats in Oklahoma Legislature (in fact - nowhere except Louisiana, Mississippi, and, may be- Alaska and Arkansas, and even there - in very small numbers), so i doubt it. Centrists? Yes, they still do exist in small numbers. Inman and Edmonson seems to belong to that camp too...

[Skunk]

BREAKING: Inman out, resigning as State Rep.

Not a good sign. There's still Drew Edmondson who's our best bet, but it isn't guaranteed he'll win the primary. Connie Johnson is the only Democrat besides him left in the race but she'd be near certain to lose.

[KingSweden]

BREAKING: Inman out, resigning as State Rep.

Not a good sign. There's still Drew Edmondson who's our best bet, but it isn't guaranteed he'll win the primary. Connie Johnson is the only Democrat besides him left in the race but she'd be near certain to lose.

Ugh that’s no good

[BuckeyeNut]

Why would Edmonson lose the primary?

[Cactus Jack]

BREAKING: Inman out, resigning as State Rep.

Not a good sign. There's still Drew Edmondson who's our best bet, but it isn't guaranteed he'll win the primary. Connie Johnson is the only Democrat besides him left in the race but she'd be near certain to lose.

That's not good. Any word as to why he's hanging up his hat?

[Skunk]

Why would Edmonson lose the primary?

Just cautious after him losing the 2010 one in an upset is all.

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Fallin's going to be succeeded by someone equally incompetent and moronic as her.

Great Job OKGOP and great job Inman.