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 site
Campaign website
Wikipedia: Jim Inhofe

Reneau (Republican- possible challenger)

2006 Campaign website

Carson (Democrat- possible challenger)

Wikipedia: Brad Carson
On The Issues: Brad Carson

Local Blogs
Blue Oklahoma