OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - As
Election Day approaches, Republicans in Oklahoma are hoping to keep the
"reddest state in the nation" moniker they earned in 2008 when President
Barack Obama failed to win a single 1 of the state's 77 counties.
Oklahoma Republicans also
are hoping to capture all 5 of the state's congressional seats for the
first time in state history. The 2nd Congressional District in eastern
Oklahoma is the only seat held by a Democrat, but current U.S. Rep. Dan
Boren declined to seek a fifth term in office.
In that race, Republican Markwayne Mullin faces Democrat Rob Wallace.
There's also an open
congressional seat in northeast Oklahoma's 1st District after Republican
Jim Bridenstine knocked off incumbent U.S. Rep. John Sullivan in the
primary. Bridenstine faces Democrat John Olson.
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