Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Fallin: Profiled in Hometown Newspaper
Mary Fallin, a Tecumseh product who made history 12 years ago by becoming the first woman and the first Republican elected lieutenant governor in Oklahoma, is one more election night away from becoming the state's second congresswoman.
As the GOP nominee, the three-term lieutenant governor will go into the November election as the favorite. Republicans took over the Oklahoma City area congressional seat when Mickey Edwards won the 1976 election and have held it ever since under Edwards and Ernest Istook. Istook is now the GOP nominee for governor against Democrat Brad Henry of Shawnee. Read more...
Posted at 8/29/2006 11:35:00 AM
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