There are five political parties in Oklahoma, the Constitution, the Green, the Libertarian, the Democrat, and the Republican according to http://politics1.com/ok.htm The Republican's hold most of the major elected offices. The only contentious race seems to be in Congressional District 2 where incumbent Markwayne Mullen faces a strong challenge by Conservative candidate Darrell Robertson. http://www.modbee.com/2014/06/16/3393289/okla-congressman-faces-challenge.html
According to this article, folks are upset with Mullen because he "fell in" with Republican party leadership and turned his back to the Tea Party who supported his election. Mullen won the seat from Democrat Dan Boren when conservatives won many seats in 2012. Mullen can also be remembered by his vote to deny funding to victims of hurricane Sandy.
For more on the Oklahoma Primary go here: http://ballotpedia.org/Oklahoma_elections,_2014
This website http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/05/new-voter-registration-tally-in-oklahoma/ actually shows that there are MORE registered Democrats than Republicans in Oklahoma as of the deadline last April.
You know what that means don't you? If Democrats only show up and vote, they can win some races.
So, if you are a registered Democrat in Oklahoma, please show up and vote next Tuesday.
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