Oklahoma Governor 2018 Smorgasbord

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Hoping Edmondson wins the primary, I think he'd have the best shot of winning aside from Boren, who isn't running.

Any of these are better than Fallin though.

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Ideological positions? I understand that all Republican candidates must be conservatives for example, but there are different stripes of conservatism. And Democrats are, probably, not that far from the center (liberal will not win Oklahoma in foreseable future)?

Connie Johnson is definitely a liberal. She's pro-choice, supports LGBT rights, wants to expand on Obamacare, supports legislation legalizing marijuana, promotes green energy, and supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. She also supported Sanders over Clinton in the Dem. primaries.

I'd definitely vote for her in the general and would vote her in the primary but Oklahoma isn't going to elect a liberal black woman as their governor.

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Ideological positions? I understand that all Republican candidates must be conservatives for example, but there are different stripes of conservatism. And Democrats are, probably, not that far from the center (liberal will not win Oklahoma in foreseable future)?

I'd definitely vote for her in the general and would vote her in the primary but Oklahoma isn't going to elect a liberal black woman as their governor.

Exactly. And i have no interest in candidates, who can't win. What about other candidates?

Both remain pretty quiet on controversial social issues. Both (afaik) are pro-life with either A ratings or endorsements from the NRA (which I mean otherwise would practically be a death sentence here politics wise) though. Expect them to talk more about education and job creation. I don't know if there's anything major where they'd disagree on and the only reason I'd support Edmondson over Inman is that Edmondson's actually won state-wide elections before.

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Ideological positions? I understand that all Republican candidates must be conservatives for example, but there are different stripes of conservatism. And Democrats are, probably, not that far from the center (liberal will not win Oklahoma in foreseable future)?

I'd definitely vote for her in the general and would vote her in the primary but Oklahoma isn't going to elect a liberal black woman as their governor.

Exactly. And i have no interest in candidates, who can't win. What about other candidates?

Both remain pretty quiet on controversial social issues. Both (afaik) are pro-life with either A ratings or endorsements from the NRA (which I mean otherwise would practically be a death sentence here politics wise) though. Expect them to talk more about education and job creation. I don't know if there's anything major where they'd disagree on and the only reason I'd support Edmondson over Inman is that Edmondson's actually won state-wide elections before.

Thanks! And - i understand that you are a Democrat, but you surely know something about Republican candidates. Who is more "sane"?

Mick Cornett's probably the best on the GOP side of things. Like Bushie mentioned, he has overseen growth in OKC and helped advance it. I don't personally live there but I've heard good things about him. Todd Lamb's obviously going to have a hard time trying to distance himself from Fallin and hasn't really made any efforts yet in that regard. Richardson and Jones are both probably gonna be more "populist" than Lamb and Cornett, with Richardson focusing a lot on getting rid of our turnpike system and being a political outsider. Jones is most noted for getting mad at the state legislature (mostly them docking his pay, lol) but honestly hasn't really done much.

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

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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.

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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.

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Why would Edmonson lose the primary?

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