The Oklahoma state elections were held on November 7, 2006. The primary election was held on July 25. The runoff primary election was held August 22.[ 1] The 2006 elections marked the first time in 80 years that the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives .
Overview
Executive Branch Before Election
Legislature Before Election
Executive Branch After Election
Legislature After Election
Governor
In the Democratic primary, incumbent Brad Henry defeated challenger Andrew Marr 86% to 14%. In the Republican primary, Ernest Istook defeated Bob Sullivan , Jim Williamson, and Sean Evanoff . Istook took 54.7% of the vote, Sullivan 31%, Williamson 9.8%, and Evanoff 4.6%.
In the general election, Henry defeated challenger Istook with 66% of the vote to remain in office for the next four years.
Lieutenant governor
With incumbent Mary Fallin not running for reelection as the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma , a new Lieutenant Governor was guaranteed.
Primary election
The candidates for the parties faced on in the primary election on July 25. If no party received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election was held on August 22 to decide the winner.
Candidates
There were three candidates in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor.
There were four candidates in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor.
General election
In the general election, Democratic primary winner Jari Askins faced the Republican primary winner Todd Hiett. Also, E. Z. Million ran as an Independent.
State Auditor and Inspector
Attorney general
State Treasurer
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioner of Labor
Insurance Commissioner
Corporation Commissioner
U.S. Representatives
Candidate
Votes
%
District 1
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John Sullivan
116,914
63.64%
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Alan Gentges
56,721
30.87%
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Bill Wortman
10,083
5.49%
District 2
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Dan Boren
122,320
73.73%
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Patrick K. Miller
45,853
27.27%
District 3
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Frank D. Lucas
128,021
67.46%
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Sue Barton
61,740
32.54%
District 4
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Tom Cole
118,246
64.61%
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Hal Spake
64,766
35.39%
District 5
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Mary Fallin
108,914
60.38%
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David Hunter
67,275
37.30%
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Matthew Woodson
4,195
2.33%
State Representatives
Candidate
Votes
%
District 4
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Mike Brown
6,284
82.48%
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Matthew R. Jones
1,335
17.52%
District 6
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Chuck Hoskin
6,333
60.95%
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Wayland Smalley
4,057
39.05%
District 10
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Steve Martin
4,774
53.87%
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Kent Jeter
4,077
46.13%
District 14
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George Faught
4,774
53.77%
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Jeff Potts
4,104
46.23%
District 15
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Ed Cannaday
6,675
77.17%
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Ray Bond
1,975
22.83%
District 20
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Paul D. Roan
5,260
59.65%
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Johnny Sandmann
3,588
40.35%
District 23
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Sue Tibbs
3,912
54.81%
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Steve Gallo
3,226
45.19%
District 25
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Todd Thomsen
4,798
50.01%
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Darrell E. Nemecek
4,796
49.99%
District 26
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Kris Steele
5,315
63.47%
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Joe Freeman
3,095
36.53%
District 27
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Shane Jett
5,347
60.51%
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Ken Etchieson
3,490
39.49%
District 28
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Ryan Dean Kiesel
5,454
63.86%
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Billy Choate
3,087
36.14%
District 29
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Skye McNiel
5,038
51.32%
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Kathryn S. Thompson
4,778
48.68%
District 30
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Mark McCullough
5,151
54.79%
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Melinda Johnson Ryan
4,251
45.21%
District 31
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Jason Murphey
6,544
57.12%
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Thomas R. Cook
4,913
42.88%
District 32
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Danny Morgan
7,705
71.59%
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Carl Randall
3,058
28.41%
District 33
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Lee R. Denney
5,976
70.01%
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Chad Swanson
2,560
29.99%
District 35
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Rex Duncan
6,572
67.14%
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Joe Vickers
3,216
32.86%
District 36
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Scott N. Bighorse
4,828
52.94%
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Eddie Fields
4,291
47.06%
District 37
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Kenn Luttrell
5,184
55.71%
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Stan Paynter
4,122
44.29%
District 40
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Mike Jackson
6,120
73.14%
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Pierce Jones
2,247
26.86%
District 41
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John T. Enns
8,730
71.00%
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Carol Ruth
3,566
29.00%
District 43
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Colby Schwartz
6,902
64.66%
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Earline Smaistrla
3,773
35.34%
District 44
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Bill Nations
6,023
72.37%
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Gary D. Caissie
2,299
27.63
District 45
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Wallace Collins
5,359
50.42%
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Thad Balkman
5,270
49.58%
District 46
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Scott Martin
7,680
60.50%
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Tom Robinson
5,014
39.50%
Candidate
Votes
%
District 49
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Terry M. Hyman
5,307
63.28
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Bettie D. Johnson
3,079
36.72%
District 50
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Dennis Johnson
5,623
52.46%
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Melvin Jones
5,095
47.54%
District 53
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Randy Terrill
6,783
64.18%
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Troy Green
3,786
35.82%
District 55
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Ryan McMullen
6,262
67.01%
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Charlie Wieland
3,083
32.99%
District 59
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Rob Johnson
5,842
53.31%
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Richie Oakes
4,399
40.14%
District 62
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T.W. Shannon
3,845
58.32%
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Janice Drewry
2,748
41.68%
District 64
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Ann Coody
3,791
65.96%
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Larry Jordan Jefferson
1,956
34.04%
District 69
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Fred Jordan
8,119
75.48%
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Cory N. Spogogee
2,638
24.52%
District 70
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Ron Peters
8,334
66.31%
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Mike Workman
4,234
33.69%
District 74
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David Derby
6,476
57.45%
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Wayne Guevara
4,352
38.61%
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Bob Batterbee
445
3.95%
District 77
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Eric Proctor
3,386
51.66%
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Mark Liotta
3,169
51.66%
District 78
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Jeannie McDaniel
5,378
53.13%
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Jesse Guardiola
4,745
46.87%
District 80
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Ron Peterson
7,287
71.25%
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Kimberly Fobbs
2,940
28.75
District 83
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Randy McDaniel
7,763
65.93%
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Ed Holzberger
3,354
28.48%
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George S. Farha
658
5.59%
District 85
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David Dank
6,410
50.50%
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Jennifer Seal
6,282
49.50%
District 87
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Trebor Worthen
4,752
51.52%
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Dana Orwig
4,472
48.48%
District 92
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Richard D. Morrissette
3,209
62.40%
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Michael Starega
1,934
37.60%
District 93
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Al Lindley
2,823
50.77%
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Mike Christian
2,737
49.23%
District 94
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Scott Inman
4,269
54.20%
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Rex Barrett
3,607
45.80%
District 95
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Charlie Joyner
4,347
56.26%
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Lee Roy Tucker
3,380
43.74%
District 96
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Lance Cargill
8,542
67.84%
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Abe Warren
4,050
32.16%
District 98
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John Trebilcock
6,582
66.86%
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Rae Weese
3,262
33.14%
District 99
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Anastasia Pittman
4,886
76.85%
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Willard Linzy
1,166
18.34%
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J.M. Branum
306
4.81%
State Senate
Candidate
Votes
%
District 2
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Sean Burrage
13,672
57.9%
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Ami Shafer
9,924
42.06%
District 4
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Kenneth Corn
12,588
78.40%
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Thomas E. Lannigan
3,469
21.60%
District 10
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Joe Sweeden
11,770
58.48%
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Jamie Marie Sears
8,358
41.52%
District 12
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Brian Bingman
10,665
52.65%
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John Mark Young
9,593
47.35%
District 16
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John Sparks
10,986
58.28%
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Ron Davis
7,871
41.74%
District 18
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Mary Easley
10,075
53.28%
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Mark Wofford
8,835
46.72%
District 22
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Mike Johnson
16,271
68.76%
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Tom Gibson
7,392
31.24%
Candidate
Votes
%
District 24
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Anthony Sykes
12,512
51.01%
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Daisy Lawler
12,018
48.99%
District 26
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Tom Ivester
9,383
50.74%
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Todd Russ
9,110
49.26%
District 32
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Randy Bass
7,827
63.34%
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Ed Peterson
4,530
36.66%
District 34
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Randy Brogdon
11,844
60.65%
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James S. Ward
7,686
39.35%
District 36
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Bill Brown
11,770
64.56%
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Dennis Weese
6,461
35.44%
District 38
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Mike Schulz
11,371
63.65%
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Josh Woods
6,495
36.35%
Judicial
District Judges
Candidate
Votes
%
District 7, Office 1, Division 1
Kenneth Watson
7,516
57.78%
Malcolm Savage
5,492
42.22%
District 7, Office 10, Division 2
Bill Graves
24,934
53.42%
Susan Caswell
21,742
46.58%
District 7, Office 12, Division 4
Carolyn Ricks
35,163
71.1%
Kenneth Linn
14,292
28.90%
District 14, Office 4, Division 4
Dama Cantrell
14,804
62.22%
James Caputo
8,990
3778%
District 14, Office 8, Division 5
Gregg Graves
9,738
39.9%
P. Thomas Thornbrugh
14,666
60.1%
Candidate
Votes
%
District 4, Office 3
John Camp
13,797
36.59%
Dennis Hladik
23,913
63.41%
District 7, Office 7
Pat Crawly
69,175
48.82%
Vicki Robertson
72,507
51.18%
District 12, Office 2
Dale Marlar
17,233
49.76%
Dynda Post
17,402
50.24%
District 14, Office 1
Cliff Smith
54,113
46.31%
William Kellough
62,734
53.69%
District 14, Office 10
Mary Fitzgerald
67,438
57.02%
Deirdre Dexter
50,825
42.98%
District 14, Office 13
Deborah Shallcross
82,760
67.58%
Jonathan Sutton
39,702
32.42%
District 15, Office 3
John Sawney
20,246
42.27%
Jeff Payton
27,647
57.73%
District 16, Office 1
Danita Williams
7,743
50.46%
Marion Dale Fry
7,601
49.54%
District 24, Office 1
Dale Ray Gardner
10,808
41.17%
Douglas Golden
15,445
58.83%%
District 24, Office 5
Curt Allen
10,754
40.73%
Mike Claver
15,648
59.27%
Associate District Judges
Candidate
Votes
%
Alfalfa County
Loren Angle
1,505
74.47%
David Cullen
516
25.53%
Choctaw County
James Wolfe
2,047
54.48%
Sue Buck
1,710
45.52%
Cotton County
Michael Flanagan
1,041
52.58%
Mark Clark
939
47.42%
Delaware County
Traci Cain
2,409
27.07%
Barry Denney
6,490
72.93%
Dewey County
Roger Foster
862
48.42%
Rick Bozarth
918
51.57%
Grady County
James Brunson
5,191
43.73%
John Herndon
6,680
56.27%
Jefferson County
Jon Tom Staton
1,198
69.45%
William Eakin
527
30.55%
Kingfisher County
Susie Pritchett
2,711
57.34%
E.A. Ard Gates
2,017
42.66%
Lincoln County
Sheila Kirk
5,826
59.26%
Craig Key
4,006
40.74%
McClain County
Suzanna Woodrow
4,634
49.85%
Charles Gray
4,661
50.15%
Candidate
Votes
%
McIntosh County
Jim Pratt
3,269
58.3%
Cindy Dawson
2,338
41.7%
Marshall County
Millicent McClure Watson
1,151
35.27%
Richard Miller
2,112
64.73%
Oklahoma County
Richard Kirby
71,226
51.64%
Nan Patton
66,708
48.38%
Okmulgee County
Cynthia Pickering
3,048
34.44%
Duane Woodliff
5,801
65.56%
Pontotoc County
James R Rob Neal
4,270
46.73%
Martha Kilgore
4,868
53.27%
Tulsa County
Caroline Wall
57,505
49.56%
Dana Kuehn
58,529
50.44%
Washington County
Kevin Buchanan
6,953
49.04%
Russell Vaclaw
7,225
50.96%
State Questions
SQ 724
This measure amends Article V, Section 21 of the State Constitution. That Section deals with State pay to
legislators. The amendment restricts State pay to some legislators. The pay restriction would apply to some
legislators while in jail or prison. The pay restriction would apply to legislators found guilty of a crime. It would also apply to legislators who plead either guilty or no contest. Affected legislators must return any State pay received for time while in jail or prison.
For - 87.78%
Against - 12.22%
SQ 725
This measure amends the State Constitution. It amends Section 23 of Article 10. The measure deals with the
Constitutional Reserve Fund also known as the Rainy Day Fund. The measure allows money to be spent
from the Rainy Day Fund. The purpose of the authorized spending is to retain employment for state residents
by helping at-risk manufacturers. Payments from the Fund would be used to encourage such manufacturers
to make investments in Oklahoma. All such payments from the Fund must be unanimously approved by three
State officers. Those officers are the Governor and the head of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Those officers could only approve payments recommended by an independent committee. Such spending
is allowed in years when there is Eighty Million Dollars or more in the Fund and other conditions are met.
Such spending is limited to Ten Million Dollars a year. The help given to a manufacturer is limited to ten
percent of its in-State capital investments. The Legislature could make laws to carry out the amendment.
For - 53.58%
Against - 46.42%
SQ 733
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends Article 28. This Article deals with sales of
alcoholic beverages. Section 6 of Article 28 bans the sale of alcoholic beverages by package stores on certain
days. Package store sales of these beverages are prohibited on election days while the polls are open. This
measure would remove the ban on sales on election days. If this measure passes, package stores could sell
alcoholic beverages on election days.
For - 52.52%
Against - 47.48%
SQ 734
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends Section 6A of Article 10. This section provides
an exemption from property tax. The exemption applies to goods that are shipped into the state, but which
do not remain in the state for more than ninety days. This is sometimes known as the freeport exemption.
This measure would allow laws to be enacted. The laws could provide for an application process to claim
this exemption. The laws could require the application to be filed by a certain date. The laws could require
certain information to be included with the application. The application would be filed with the county
assessor.
For - 63.10%
Against - 36.90%
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References
^ 2006 Election Results , Oklahoma State Election Board (accessed May 8, 2013)
^ A special election occurred in May before the election, where Republican [Mike Schulz] won a senate seat from the Democrats, cutting the Democratic margin in the chamber to 2. In August, however, State Senator Nancy Riley switched parties from Republican to Democrat, moving the margin back to 4 in the chamber.
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