On the eve of the general election, Oklahoma Republicans find their majority in the state House pared to 67-31—a sizeable lead, but one shy of being able to block emergency clauses without Democratic help.

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Markwayne Mullin, the Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District, has been released from a Tulsa hospital and is back home after suffering a torn esophagus last Saturday.

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Second Congressional District Republican candidate Markwayne Mullin is expected to remain in a Tulsa hospital until Friday as a precautionary measure, after suffering a torn esophagus sometime Saturday. His condition is not anticipated to require surgery.

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It will be Republican Markwayne Mullin v. Democrat Rob Wallace in the general election contest for the 2nd Congressional District, as the two won their respective parties’ runoff elections Tuesday.

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It’s not yet 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, and we already have our first legislative runoff winner. In the Democratic runoff for House District 14, 60-year-old Jerry Rains of Muskogee appears to have defeated Bobby Jefferson, 55, a Muskogee high school ...

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At 8:05 p.m. Tuesday evening: With a shade more than half of precincts reporting, Westville plumbing company owner Markwayne Mullin is pulling in about 54.8 percent of the vote in the Republican runoff for the 2nd Congressional District, to 45.2 percent ...

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Oklahomans in 60 counties have elections today, with runoffs in only 41. With no statewide races on the ballot, that usually means an even lower turnout than usual for a runoff. Runoffs are taking place in four state Senate districts ...

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Last month, the campaign manager for Markwayne Mullin, arguable frontrunner in the run-up to the Aug. 28 Republican runoff election for the 2nd Congressional District, called television ads launched by opponent George Faught “vicious and despicable” for alleging that Mullin ...

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Leading up to next Tuesday’s Republican runoff for the 2nd Congressional District, candidates Markwayne Mullin and George Faught have traded back-and-forth allegations over Mullin’s legal status following the arrest of an employee of Mullin Plumbing and the ATF’s removal of ...

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Westville plumbing company owner Markwayne Mullin has taken in $19,000 in contributions since the end of June, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, leading his Republican runoff opponent and both Democrats who will square off at their ...

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