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Cheryl Baber is the conservative choice in the Oklahoma Senate District 35 race to replace term-limited Sen. Gary Stanislawski.
 - June 29, 2020 at 12:50AMCheryl Baber for State Senate District 35 Click the headline to read the full story.
Before Oklahomans foolishly enshrine a new, unfunded and unlimited entitlement into our state constitution (SQ802), we ought to heed the experience of our neighbors to the east. On May 13, 2020, when the Oklahoma legislature was debating a Medicaid expansion bill, Arkansas State Representative Josh Miller, a Republican, wrote a...
- June 27, 2020 at 12:01PMNo on SQ802: Arkansas warning Click the headline to read the full story.
Here are the candidates I'm recommending in the Oklahoma primary elections on June 30, 2020, plus links to detailed analysis and recommendations from other trusted voices.
- June 30, 2020 at 08:00PMOklahoma Primary 2020: BatesLine ballot card Click the headline to read the full story.
Campaign contribution reports for Tulsa School Board candidates.
- June 26, 2020 at 01:01AMTulsa School Board 2020 general election contributions Click the headline to read the full story. The only state question on the June 30, 2020, primary ballot is Oklahoma State Question 802. This would create a new Constitutional Amendment, Article XXV-A, requiring the State of Oklahoma to offer Obamacare Medicaid expansion coverage to anyone below a certain income, regardless of the person's work or family status. While expansion brings in some additional federal funds, it also brings in heavy long-term liabilities that the state must meet, which would result in higher taxes, cuts in other state-funded services (e.g. education), or both. Oklahoma's governor and legislature have rightly rejected Obamacare Medicaid Expansion until now because of the fiscal time bomb it would create. - June 21, 2020 at 09:12PMNo on SQ802: Obamacare Medicaid expansion Click the headline to read the full story.  My family would like to have gone to the rally, but it was too soon to want to be around 18,000 people, or to stand outside for hours in the hot son without a good chance of getting in. Hearing about hundreds of thousands of ticket requests reinforced the feeling that it would have been unpleasantly crowded and possibly futile. We decided to drive downtown and have a look around. We got into.....continued. Outside Trump's Tulsa Rally, Click the headline to read this full article, Outside Trump's Tulsa Rally, at BatesLine  I will be updating this entry as new information becomes available. Two more candidates have filed for mayor this morning: Gregory Robinson II, a Democrat, who was introduced at his Election Board press conference by Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, and Craig Immel, an Independent, who was the lead plaintiff in the battle to keep park land on Riverside Drive from being turned into a shopping center that.....continued. Tulsa Election 2020: Filing Day 3, Click the headline to read this full article, Tulsa Election 2020: Filing Day 3, at BatesLine  I've made this plea repeatedly on social media, on Pat Campbell's show on 1170 KFAQ, and here on this blog. And yet I look at the list of candidates after two of the three days of the filing period, and I am amazed to see so many unopposed candidates. Four of the city councilors do not have opponents, nor does the city auditor. It's especially surprising after a fortnight that has put the.....continued. Where are Tulsa's candidates?, Click the headline to read this full article, Where are Tulsa's candidates?, at BatesLine  At the end of the second of three days of candidate filing for the 2020 City of Tulsa elections, the incumbent mayor, auditor, and seven of the nine incumbent city councilors have filed for re-election, with Mayor GT Bynum IV drawing three opponents and District 4 Councilor Kara Joy McKee drawing two opponents. Six council seats and the auditor's office have only one candidate each. Incumbent.....continued. Tulsa Election 2020: Filing Day 2, Click the headline to read this full article, Tulsa Election 2020: Filing Day 2, at BatesLine At the end of the first day of filing for the 2020 City of Tulsa elections, the incumbent mayor, auditor, and five of the incumbent city councilors have filed for re-election, with the mayor and two city councilors drawing one opponent each. Six council seats and the auditor's office have only one candidate each. No one has yet filed for the District 2 seat, currently held by Jeannie Cue......continued. Tulsa Election 2020: Filing Day 1, Click the headline to read this full article, Tulsa Election 2020: Filing Day 1, at BatesLine |
   
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