Republicans have ran Tulsa for almost my whole lifetime.
We have only had one democratic Congressman in fifty years.
Six of the last ten Mayors were republicans. Six of the nine city councilors are republicans.
Two of the three county commissioners are republicans. The county officers, including sheriff, assessor, clerk, treasurer and district attorney are all republicans.
Of the 18 state representatives with Tulsa County in their district, only five are held by the democrats and one of those, seat 66, went to the republicans last Tuesday.
I have been outvoted before.
You forget our former Democrat Senator, David Boren. I voted for him. But you know me, I vote my candidates like race horses: I almost always pick a winner.
I really have given more thought to the issue of straight party line voting. I wish that were not allowed in balloting. I realize taking this option away might not keep someone from voting for every R or D on a ballot but at least it might force some voters to become a little more aware of the candidates they are about to elect.
There are a couple of people I work with who said they did straight party-line. I think it's a waste of a vote and resulted in the state losing some great administrators in some commission races, and it sounded like Priest was a great AG candidate. While I appreciate the conservative undertone to the elections, I think blindly voting for one party or the other really rips off candidates and the rest of the electorate who actually think about who and what they are voting for.
I also think commission, sheriff, and auditor races don't need to be partisan. I honestly cannot see any logical reason to have elected Doak, Jones, or Costello other than the national sentiment trickled into state elections. If these commissions were non-partisan, I have a feeling the outcome would have been different.