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OK-Sen
Oklahoma Senate Race
| Incumbent | James "Jim" Inhofe |
| Party | Republican |
| Seeking Re-election? | Probably |
| Senate Website | United States Senator James Inhofe |
| Candidate Website | Inhofe United States Senate |
| Other Resources | Congresspedia profile on James M. Inhofe |
| Challenger | Andrew Rice - State Senator |
| Party | Democratic |
| Source of Information | Confirmed plans on 8/2/07 CQ Politics, 8/7/07 |
| Candidate Website | Campaign Website |
| Other Resources | Congresspedia Profile on Andrew Rice |
| Potential Challenger | Brenda Reneau (OK Labor Commissioner) |
| Party | Republican |
| Source of Information | Speculative |
| Candidate Website | Campaign Website |
| Potential Challenger | Brad Carson (former OK-02 House Rep, former 2004 Senate candidate) |
| Party | Democrat |
| Source of Information | Speculative |
| Candidate Website |
| Potential Challenger | Robert S. Kerr III |
| Party | Democrat |
| Source of Information | Blog Rumor from OK Dem. Official |
| Candidate Website |
| Potential Challenger | Stephen Wallace |
| Party | Republican; businessman |
| Source of Information | Hotline 1/17/07 |
| Candidate Website |
Background Information
Republican incumbent James "Jim" Inhofe is up for re-election in 2006, having originally been elected to the US Senate in 2004. Note that he will be almost 74 years old when running for re-election. Inhofe is quite conservative, and Wikipedia has an extensive section devoted to his stances on the issues such as abortion, the environment, torture, equal rights for gay Americans, and immigration. He is considerably more socially conservative than the Bush Administration has been.Possible Democratic challengers include former US House Representative Brad Carson (who unsucessfully ran for Senate in 2004), and Robert Samuel Kerr III, a grandson of Robert Samuel Kerr, former Oklahoma Governor and US Senator. Kerr also ran for President in 1952 but failed to garner the Democratic nomination. Relatively little information about Kerr III is available on the internet, although this will surely change if he opts to run for Senate in 2008.
Resources
Below you will find resources and more information about the 2008 Senate race in Oklahoma.Inhofe (Republican incumbent)
Official Senate siteCampaign website
Wikipedia: Jim Inhofe
Reneau (Republican- possible challenger)
2006 Campaign websiteCarson (Democrat- possible challenger)
Wikipedia: Brad CarsonOn The Issues: Brad Carson
Local Blogs
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| Loispots | SUSA Poll on Inhofe Approval: 46 Approve, 41 Disapprove Nov-06 | 1 | Mar 8 2007, 10:47 PM EST by DarrylP | |
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Thread started: Nov 24 2006, 4:56 PM EST
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SurveyUSA's November 2006 voter approval poll shows that 46% of OK voters approve of Sen. James Inhofe's perforrmance, 41% disapprove. An incumbent with less than a 50% approval rating is usually ripe for unseating. It would be a shame to send the global-warming-is-a-hoax zealot back to the Senate. You can follow the tracking polls yourself at http://www.surveyusa.com/.
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| coreyTX | Bob Ker was LG | 0 | Dec 2 2006, 11:08 PM EST by coreyTX | |
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Thread started: Dec 2 2006, 11:08 PM EST
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Robert S. Kerr, III was a state Representative in the 1980's and was Lt. Gov. from 1986-1990, when he gave up his seat to run for Congress, which he last in a primary run-off. He was also state Dem. Chair in the late 1990's (I believe).
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