Even when an office goes to a general election in November, the ultimate outcome is, more times than not, determined by GOP voters in June s closed primaries or August s runoffs.
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Jake Merrick won the Senate seat once held by Stephanie Bice and several newcomers won city council posts in Oklahoma City, Norman Stillwater and Broken Arrow.
MERRICK ELECTED TO BICE S SENATE SEAT
The state Senate seat once held by now-Congresswoman Stephanie Bice was up for reelection on Tuesday. Oklahoma State Senate District 22 is a T-shaped district in parts of northern Oklahoma County and Eastern Canadian County. It encompasses the city of Piedmont and part of the Lake Hefner area.
The race between Republican Jake Merrick and Democrat Molly Ooten resulted in Merrick taking the win with 65-percent of the vote.
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Originally published on April 6, 2021 10:53 am
Voters in 73 of Oklahoma s 77 counties are at the polls on Tuesday to vote in various school board, municipal and special elections.
In a special election in Senate District 22, which includes parts of Oklahoma and Canadian counties, Republican business owner and minister Jake Merrick faces Democratic speech pathologist Molly Ooten. The seat was left open when Stephanie Bice was elected to Congress. The winner will serve as state senator until the seat is up for election again in 2022.
Two Oklahoma City Council seats are at stake in runoff elections. In northwest Oklahoma City s Ward 1, Army veteran Bradley Carter faces insurance agency owner Shay Varnell, and in southwest Oklahoma City s Ward 3, educator Jessica Martinez-Brooks faces merchandising manager Barbara Young.