Republicans Poised to Take Back Governor's Seat in Oklahoma

March 04, 2010

Politics Daily.com

Bruce Drake

Rep. Mary Fallin, who previously served as Oklahoma's lieutenant governor, holds double-digit leads over the two Democrats looking to hold the seat now occupied by Gov. Brad Henry, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 24.

Henry, a conservative Democrat, managed to keep the governorship in his party's hands for two terms despite the state's Republican bent. He cannot seek re-election because of term limits.

Fallin leads Lt. Gov. Jari Askins by 51 percent to 37 percent, with 6 percent preferring some other candidate and 6 percent undecided.

Fallin also leads Attorney General Drew Edmondson by 51 percent to 36 percent, with 5 percent preferring someone else and 8 percent undecided.

Fallin is being challenged for the GOP nomination by State Sen. Randy Brogdon, who is presenting himself as the more conservative choice. But a Tulsa World poll conducted in early January found more than two-thirds of Republicans preferred Fallin.

Brogdon fares far less well against the Democrats than does Fallin, with the Rasmussen poll showing him in statistical ties with both.

 

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