Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Gubernatorial Debate: Health Care, Education, Public Safety: Henry, Istook Swap Barbs
By BARBARA HOBEROCK
World Capitol Bureau
EDMOND -- U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook took shots at Gov. Brad Henry's record on health care, education and public safety in a televised debate Monday.
Istook, a Republican who is leaving his seat as Oklahoma's 5th District congressman, faces Henry, a Democrat, in the Nov. 7 general election for governor.
The pair met Monday before nearly 350 people in a 510-seat auditorium at the University of Central Oklahoma in a debate sponsored by the AARP and KOCO, channel 5.
Istook criticized Henry for his 2004 decision to commute the death sentence of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national, to life in prison without parole possible. Read more...
Posted at 10/24/2006 04:55:00 PM
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