Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA

7 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Oklahoma State Election Board)

Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.	3,617,316
Total Registration, Jan. 15, 2008	2,022,537

Dem. 1,012,594 (50.07%) Rep. 790,713 (39.10%) Ind. 219,230 (10.84%)
Oklahoma has: 77 counties.
Largest counties (four over 100,000): Oklahoma, Tulsa, Cleveland, Comache. >
Largest cities (three over 100,000): Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman. >

Government
Governor: Brad Henry (D) elected 2002, re-elected 2006.
State Legislature: Oklahoma Legislature House: 101 seats Senate: 48 seats
Local: Communities NACO Counties
U.S. House: 4R, 1D - 1. J. Sullivan (R) | 2. Dan Boren (D) | 3. F.Lucas (R) | 4. T.Cole (R) | 5. M.Falllin (R).
U.S. Senate: James Inhofe (R) up for re-election in 2008, Tom Coburn (R) elected in 2004.

The Sooner State

[Primary Election: July 29, 2008]

State of Oklahoma
State Election Board

Green Party of OK
Libertarian Party of OK
OK Democratic Party
OK Republican Party
Constitution Party of OK

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Presidential Preferential Primary -- Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Democrats
47 Delegates (38 Pledged and 9 Unpledged) and 6 Alternates.
1.16% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama
former:
Edwards
Richardson - On March 19, 2007 the campaign announced Jim East as state director.

Official Results 2,220 of 2,220 precincts

+Hillary Clinton
228,480

54.76%

Bill Richardson
7,078

1.70%

Chris Dodd
2,511

0.60%

Barack Obama
130,130

31.19%

Dennis Kucinich
2,378

0.57%

John Edwards
42,725

10.24%

Jim Rogers
3,905

0.94%

417,207

Republicans
41 Delegates: 3 RNC; 23 at-large; 15 by CD (3 x 5 CDs).
1.72% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Allocation: At-large is winner-take-all per statewide vote; CD is winner-take-all per CD.

Huckabee | McCain | Paul | Romney
former:
Giuliani, F.Thompson

former Gov. Frank Keating ruled out a presidential campaign in Jan. 2007.

Official Results 2,220 of 2,220 precincts

+John McCain
122,772

36.64%

Mike Huckabee
111,899

33.40%

Rudy Giuliani
2,412

0.72%

Tom Tancredo
189

0.06%

Mitt Romney
83,030

24.78%

Ron Paul
11,183

3.34%

Duncan Hunter
317

0.09%

Daniel Gilbert
124

0.04%

Jerry Curry
387

0.12%

Alan Keyes
817

0.24%

Fred Thompson
1,924

0.57%

Total
335,054

Filing period for Presidential Preferential Primary Election: December 3, 4, and 5, 2007, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Every other state had at least three candidates to choose from. Oklahoma requires 51,781 signatures to secure full party ballot access and 37,027 signatures to place a presidential candidate on the ballot. Further, the state does not allow write-ins. The Oklahoma Green, Libertarian, and Constitution parties organized a None of the Above campaign to protest the exclusion of third party and independent candidates. They encouraged Oklahoma voters to vote in state and local races but leave the presidential ballot line blank.
Note: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform continued their efforts after the election; early in 2005 Rep. Marian Cooksey (R-Edmond) introduced a bill (HB1429) to lower the number of signatures required but the effort subsequently stalled.

Results
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	503,966	(34.43)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	959,792	(65.57)
Total.......1,463,758

2004 Overview
Oklahoma was the second best state for the Bush/Cheney ticket as it improved on its 2000 showing, amassing a plurality of 455,826 votes over Kerry/Edwards (a margin of 31.14 percentage points).

-The Oklahoman, Tulsa World, Enid News & Eagle, and The Shawnee News-Star endorsed President Bush.

-The Muskogee Daily Phoenix & Times-Democrat endorsed Senator Kerry.

State Primary July 27, 2004

Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.)..............582,315 (48.26)

Clinton (Dem.).........488,105 (40.45)

Perot (Ref.).............130,788
(10.84)

Browne (Lib.)..............5,505
(0.46)

Total........1,206,713

1992

Bush (Rep.)............592,929 (42.64)

Clinton (Dem.)........473,066 (34.02)

Perot (Ind.).............319,878
(23.01)

Marrou (Lib.)..............4,486
(0.32)

Total........1,390,395

2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
744,337

(60.31)

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
9,014

(0.73)

Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
474,276

(38.43)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
6,602

(0.53)

Total........1,234,229

2000 Overview
Gov. Bush had no trouble winning his neighboring state's eight electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 270,061 votes (21.88 percentage points).

Notes: For ballot access as an independent, Oklahoma requires signatures of 36,202 registered voters, the highest signature requirement, per capita, of any state in the country, Further, Oklahoma’s signature deadline of July 15 is one of the earliest in the country (only 8 states are earlier). Additionally, Oklahoma is one of only 7 states that don’t allow write-in votes for U.S. President. The Nader campaign made a strong effort to achieve the required number of signatures in Oklahoma, but came up a bit short. On Aug. 11, 2000 the campaign filed suit against the Oklahoma State Election Board in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma citing harassment in its signature gathering effort and seeking to extend the deadline to Sept. 1, 2000 (Nader v Ward, cv-00-1340-R). Judge David Russell ruled against Nader on Aug. 30.

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, February 3, 2004

On May 5, 2003 Gov. Brad Henry signed SB 3, a bill introduced by Sen. Keith Leftwich (D-Oklahoma City) and Reps. Dan Boren (D-Seminole) and John Nance (R-Bethany), moving the date of the presidential preference primary from the second Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday in February. SB 358, also passed during the 2003 legislative session, changed the filing dates from January 2004 to December 2003.

Oklahoma Statutes Title 26, Section 20 sets out the state's presidential preference primary. Qualification by petition or fee.

Filing period for the 2004 presidential preference primary election: December 1, 2 and 3, 2003 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..

Voter registration deadline to participate in the presidential preference primary election: January 9, 2003.

Democrats CLARK DEAN EDWARDS LIEBERMAN KERRY KUCINICH former GEPHARDT GRAHAM

ballot

	Total Vote	Percent
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	689	0.23%
John Edwards	89,310	29.54%
Howard Dean	12,734	4.21%
John F. Kerry	81,073	26.81%
Al Sharpton	3,939	1.30%
Joe Lieberman	19,680	6.51%
Dennis J. Kucinich	2,544	0.84%
+Wesley K. Clark	90,526	29.94%
Dick Gephardt w	1,890	0.63%
Total	302,385

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Allocation of the 40 Pledged Delegates:
Clark 15 Edwards 13 Kerry 12

47 Delegates (40 Pledged, 7 Unpledged) and 8 Alternates
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Republicans

	Total Vote	Percent
Bill Wyatt	6,621	10.00%
George W. Bush	59,577	90.00%
Total	66,198

41 Delegates (15District level; 26 At-large), 38 Alternates