Oklahoma Politics

With Election Day arriving one week from today, we look at two very close contests happening here in the Sooner State.

Earlier this year, "A Life on Fire" was given the E.E. Dale Award from the Oklahoma Historical Society (for an Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History).

Per unmuteok.org: "94% of Oklahoma elections are decided in the primary, not the general election. But Oklahoma has closed primaries. It's a bad system that shuts out 1 out of 5 voters who are Independent and limits the choices of Republicans and Democrats. We pay millions of dollars for these elections with our taxes. Oklahomans deserve an open system that lets all voters vote for who they want."

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist is calling for a task force to investigate mass shootings in the wake of the Uvalde massacre.

Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn is ruffling feathers on the far right.

The majority leader of the state House criticized his colleagues for being pro-birth instead of pro-life.

A local former judge says politics should stay as far from the courtroom as possible.

Republican Joel Kintsel, the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, announced Friday he will challenge Gov. Kevin Stitt in the race for governor.

The ad, paid for by a dark money group, describes a record commutation stemming from 2016 criminal justice reforms approved by voters as "the largest mass release of felons in U.S. history."

The maps will be in effect for the next 10 years, and the new congressional district boundaries sailed through the Republican-controlled legislature without a single Democrat's support.