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Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Fallin & Cornett In CD5 Runoff
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett were the top two vote getters in the Republican primary to replace outgoing Representative Ernest Istook.
Fallin had 35 percent of the vote and Cornett had 24 percent in a crowded field.
Since neither got 50 percent of the vote, they will face each other in an August 22nd runoff that will determine the Republican nominee.
From CQPolitics.com,:
Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett are headed to an Aug. 22 runoff as the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s Republican primary for Oklahoma’s 5th District seat, which Republican Rep. Ernest Istook left open to run for governor.
The district, which includes most of the state capital of Oklahoma City, is a Republican stronghold: Istook won a seventh House term in 2004 with 66 percent of the vote, as President Bush was taking 64 percent in the district.
The promise of longterm political job security for the winner drew in six Republican hopefuls, five of them current elected officials. Fallin topped the field with 35 percent of the vote; Cornett took 24 percent to claim the other runoff slot.
State Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode, whose strong fundraising boosted her into the top tier, ran third with 19 percent of the vote. Further off the pace were state Reps. Kevin Calvey and Fred Morgan, with 10 percent and 9 percent respectively, and surgeon Johnny B. Roy with 3 percent.
For the most part, the candidates conducted an amiable campaign, frequently discussing their opponents as “friends.”
Fallin and Cornett, who must now court voters who did not support them in the primary, can be expected to continue highlighting their conservative profiles. According to political scientist Keith Gaddie of University of Oklahoma, Cornett is popular among casual and infrequent voters, and Fallin is highly popular with voters over the age of 50.
Posted at 7/26/2006 10:27:00 AM
 
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