With several Tulsa-area legislative races to be decided entirely or substantially by the June 18 primaries, the Tulsa County Republican Party has scheduled a series of candidate debates.
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.
The 133 offices contested this year drew just 206 applicants, the fewest for an opening day since 2012. Given that about two-thirds of all filings have historically occurred on the