Oklahoma Election 2010

Oklahoma Election Results: Mary Fallin Defeats Jari Askins In 2010 Governor's Race
Oklahoma City — U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin has made history in Oklahoma, where voters elected the Republican to become the state's first female Governor. Fallin leveraged her two decades of political roots in Oklahoma to pull in the historic win over Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins. Her election also completes a power sweep for Republicans in Oklahoma that began with taking the House in 2004, and the Senate in 2008. Fallin replaces Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, who is term-limited. The all-woma...

Mary Fallin Defeats Jari Askins In Oklahoma Governor's Race
Oklahoma City — U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin has made history in Oklahoma, where voters elected the Republican to become the state's first female Governor. Fallin leveraged her two decades of political roots in Oklahoma to pull in the historic win over Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins. Her election also completes a power sweep for Republicans in Oklahoma that began with taking the House in 2004, and the Senate in 2008. Fallin replaces Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, who is term-limited. The all-woma...

Fallin elected first female Okla. gov.
Published: Nov. 3, 2010 at 12:35 AM Oklahoma City, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Two-term Republican Oklahoma Congresswoman Mary Fallin was declared a winner over Democrat Jari Askins in one of two all female gubernatorial races. In a historic win as the state's first female Governor, Fallin captured about 60 percent of the vote to 40 percent for the Lieutenant Governor, CBC News reported. Fallin won despite criticism concerning comments she made in October allegedly inferring Askins wasn't fit to govern beca...

Rep. Fallin Elected Oklahoma's First Female Governor
OKLAHOMA City -- U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin has made history in Oklahoma, where voters elected the Republican to become the state's first female Governor. Fallin leveraged her two decades of political roots in Oklahoma to pull in the historic win over Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins. Her election also completes a power sweep for Republicans in Oklahoma that began with taking the House in 2004, and the Senate in 2008. Fallin replaces Democratic Gov. Brad Henry, who is term-limited. The all-woman gover...

Palin's 'Mama Grizzly' governors win
All three of Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzlies” won their gubernatorial races: Susana Martinez (R-NM), Mary Fallin (R-OK), and Nikki Haley (R-SC). These females also make history of their own — each becoming the first female Governor of their state. And, the victories by Martinez and Haley mark the first female Governors of color in the nation. Martinez is Hispanic and Haley is the daughter of Indian immigrants. A record number of women (10) are their party’s nominee fo...

South Carolina Elects Nation's First Black GOP Congressman Since 2003
South Carolina voters have elected the first black Republican to Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction. State Rep. Tim Scott on Tuesday easily defeated perennial Democratic Candidate Ben Frasier and five Third-party Candidates to win the 1st District seat left vacant by the Retirement of Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Brown. The 45-year-old Scott will be the nation's first black GOP congressman since Oklahoma's J.C. Watts retired in 2003. The district reaches from the sea islands South o...

Election Update: Oklahoma Bans Shari'ah Law
Measure 755 passes. Oklahomans may rest easy, knowing that they are safe from Shari'ah law. Haroon Moghul holds a B.A. from NYU in Philosophy and Middle Eastern Studies and an M.A. from Columbia University in Middle Eastern Studies. He is a Ph.D. Candidate at Columbia. Mr. Moghul is Executive Director of The Maydan Institute, a consulting and communications project devoted to enhancing understanding between Muslims and the West. His first novel: The Order of Light (Penguin 2006; French by Cherch...

Oklahoma gov candidate knocked for being a childfree woman
Oklahoma Governor Candidates Mary Fallin (left) and Jari AskinsThe Oklahoma Governor's race has two highly experienced female politicians squaring off against each other -- Republican Mary Fallin and Democrat Jari Askins. But at a recent debate, when asked what set her apart as a Candidate, Fallin didn't start off by talking about her experience in Congress or as Lieutenant Governor. Instead, she said, "First of all, being a mother, having Children, raising a family" -- an apparent dig at Askin...

Oklahoma votes to make English official language
Oklahoma voters have approved a measure requiring that all official state actions be conducted in English. Oklahoma City (AP) — Oklahoma voters have approved a measure requiring that all official state actions be conducted in English. Nov 2Mary Fallin defeated Jari Askins in the gubernatorial race. Ed... The author of the official English bill, Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, has said that English and the "melting pot" process it makes possible, "has made the United States the...

Motherhood an issue in Okla. governor's race
EDMOND, Okla. — In her quest to become Oklahoma's first female Governor, Democrat Jari Askins has amassed an assortment of professional qualifications: she's been a judge, a legislator, the head of a state agency, and a corporate attorney. But what she hasn't been is a wife. The 57-year-old career woman, who now serves as the state's Lieutenant Governor, has never been married or had Children. And as this historic race between two women Candidates for the state's top office nears its...

Palin's 'Mama Grizzly' governors win
All three of Sarah Palin’s “Mama Grizzlies” won their gubernatorial races: Susana Martinez (R-NM), Mary Fallin (R-OK), and Nikki Haley (R-SC). These females also make history of their own — each becoming the first female Governor of their state. And, the victories by Martinez and Haley mark the first female Governors of color in the nation. Martinez is Hispanic and Haley is the daughter of Indian immigrants. A record number of women (10) are their party’s nominee fo...

Election 2010: My Predictions
Election 2010 has finally arrived. All of the door-knocking, pie suppers, campaign signs, Robocalls and negative Ads are ending in just a few short hours. The election polls will be shortly replaced with The Actual Election Polls. All of the guessing and predicting and assumptions will be replaced with cold hard facts about who won and who lost. Well, barring another Florida '00/Minnesota '08 Recount ordeal. So, since everyone is issuing their pre-election predictions, I finally have gotten aro...

Nikki Haley Gresham Barrett Runoff South Carolina Primary Election Results 2010
However, Nikki Haley, who is currently a State Representative, has stolen the show from the other Candidates. She has suffered from a number of Internet rumors that depict her as an adulterer and a cheater. She was backed by Sarah Palin, who also released a statement urging voters not trust blogs that make up these rumors regarding Haley. She has a strong backing from the Tea Party Activists, and saw her popularity rise sharply after Palin first supported her. Haley is facing off against Represe...

Chafee follows in his father's footsteps
Independent Lincoln D. Chafee celebrates with his family at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Warwick after winning the race for Governor, defeating Republican John F. Robitaille and Democrat Frank T. Caprio. PROVIDENCE — Four years after losing his seat in the U.S. Senate, Lincoln D. Chafee has won his bid to become Rhode Island’s first independent Governor, taking the office his father, the late John H. Chafee, held in the 1960s. He squeaked out a victory over Republican John F. Robita...

RealClearPolitics - Election 2010 - Illinois 10th District - Dold vs. Seals
Illinois’s 10th District straddles the Cook/Lake county line, with the vote equally divided between the two counties. The district itself is made up of some of Chicago’s toniest suburbs, places like Wilmette, Winnetka, Waukegan, Deerfield, New Trier, Arlington Heights and Libertyville. The median income in the district was a whopping $72,000 in 2000, making it one of the Richest districts in the country. It also has a long Republican heritage. For most of the country’s post-Civ...

New GOP governor in Michigan
WASHINGTON — Michigan's new Governor is a Republican who has said he can ease the state's economic troubles. Businessman Rick Snyder will take office in a state that is mired in a 13.1 percent Unemployment. He easily defeated his Democratic opponent, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. Democrat Jennifer Granholm couldn't run again because of term limits. Oklahoma has its first female Governor — Republican Rep. Mary Fallin. And Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley has been re-elected ...

Oklahoma governorship changes to Republican
Oklahoma Republican Rep. Mary Fallin has defeated Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins in the race for Governor, CNN projects. Democratic Gov. Brad Henry is Term-limited. Georgia Republican Incumbent Sen. Johnny Isakson has won re-election to a Second Term as senator, CNN projects, beating out Democratic nominee Michael Thurmond. Projections are based on CNN analysis of Exit Poll data. Maryland Democratic Incumbent Gov. Martin O'Malley has won re-election in the gubernatorial race, CNN projec...

Republican Women Make History in 2010 Governor's Races
ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports:  Republican women running for Governor in three states made history tonight by clinching victories over their Democratic opponents. South Carolina State Rep. Nikki Haley , Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin and New Mexico District Attorney Susanna Martinez will all became the first women to occupy their state’s chief executive office. Haley and Martinez become the country’s first two women of color Governors:  Martinez will be the cou...

South Carolina elects Republican Tim Scott to House
North Charleston, S.C. — — South Carolina voters have elected the first black Republican to Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction. State Rep. Tim Scott on Tuesday easily defeated perennial Democratic Candidate Ben Frasier and five Third-party Candidates to win the 1st District seat left vacant by the Retirement of Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Brown. The 45-year-old Scott will be the nation's first black GOP congressman since Oklahoma's J.C. Watts retired in 2003. Scott s...

Election Day 2010- Interesting Links
This is part of the all Day blogging coverage of the Midterm 2010 Elections. Page #1- Midterm Election Day 2010: All Day Blogging Page #2- Midterm Election Day 2010: All Day Blogging- Senate Seats For Election This will be updated with links to interesting News stories surrounding Election Day all day, just as the live blogging Election Day 2010 results will be. This will consist of links and some excerpts of interesting reading today in political news. Hot Air will be listing results througho...

Election night 2010: bloodbath or business as usual?
Breaking really bad NC News : The state General Assembly has fallen under Republican rule, our worst nightmare. Our Dem control was the only thing keeping the marriage amendment off the table, having bottled it up in committee to die 7 years straight. Now it's going to be a full-on battle to stop the last state in the South to fall to a Bigotry amendment. Chat away... You can watch PBS coverage here. Tweet of the night so far: RT @peterdaou: In preparation for GOP control, I'm dusting ...

Election 2010: Democrat Slaughter
No time for anything longer, but this election has proved to be a tremendous slaughter for the Democrats in Oklahoma. Legislators that shouldn't be in trouble are losing. This is incredible. ...

Mama Grizzly Watch
One of the side-stories of this election will be how well Sarah Palin's adopted "Mama Grizzlies"—female Conservatives—are doing. So far, it's a mixed result. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire (who seems, well, a bit tame for Palin, but she did get her Endorsement before her primary) won big. Christine O'Donnell lost big. Most interestingly, the Candidate who first convinced the world that Palin had the golden touch, South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Nikki Haley, is strugg...

Delaware Not Bewitched by Christine O'Donnell
Democrat Christopher Coons was projected to beat flamboyant Tea Party Candidate Christine O'Donnell tonight in the race to keep Vice President Joe Biden's former Senate seat in Democratic hands. The Delaware race was rarely in doubt as Coons, the New Castle County executive, enjoyed double digit leads in polls in recent weeks, but the national spotlight remained on the state. It was one of the first defeats of the Tea Party. O'Donnell first burst into the political limelight as a Tea Party ...

Nikki Haley will be South Carolina's first female governor
(CNN) - It was shortly after midnight ET when South Carolina Governor-elect Nikki Haley stepped before her supporters in Columbia. "Trust me, we wanted to be here earlier than we were," she told them. Then, waving both arms, she exhorted the crowd, "But get excited!" Haley, a Republican State Representative, defeated Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen and will become South Carolina's first-ever female Governor as well as the nation's only Indian-American female governor. "You know, t...