establish farms and towns. the ones that jumped the gun were nicknamed sooners, a nickname that stuck, especially for football fans there. since then the state s history has been marked by sharp ups and downs. an oil boom helped it grow in the early years of the 20th century but a depression in the dust bowl sent oklahoma residents fleeing for more ha s hospitalable territory. the population recovered to pre-depression levels. it was around that time the state had elected 16 straight democratic governors but since 1979, the state has alternated between putting republicans and democrats in the governor s mansion. on the state level, it s been a much more dramatic shift to the right. oklahoma has elected just one democratic senator since 1973, david born, and the state s current delegation is all republicans. the third time that s happened in the last 20 years. that s despite the fact that
surprising for a conservative state that hasn t backed a democrat for president since lbj isn t t in the landslide of 64. no democrat has won a single county in more than a decade since al gore won nine in 2000. republicans have run the table in all 77 oklahoma counties for three elections running. even when president obama ran the first time in 2008, he couldn t make any inroads. john mccain won the state by 32 points. the same margin of victory as president george w. bush four years earlier. we ll have much more all week on oklahoma s political climate as well as some actual climate concern, like tornado threats and alarming increase in earthquakes. you don t want to miss that. boomer sooner. all right, trivia time. as we just mentioned, 2000 was the last year a democratic presidential nominee won any of oak laez 77 counties. congratulations to today s winner, yortal. congratulations, yortal. my
and there s not a lot of give to a comprehensive immigration reform idea. you haven t seen any movement on it in the house at all because the senate passed it in the summer of 2013. the house ever since has been doing very little on the matter because the house, being up every two years, being responsive to more conservative drawn districts, there is no political incentive for those house members or republicans who have overwhelmingly nonhispanic districts to move on this politically. therein lies the challenge for the gop. the elites to your point, the acela corridor, basically this is a long-term national party issue as essential to get back the white house. for those members who are up every two years whose political incentive is to get re-elected, to fend off a primary from the right. can t do it. all they want to do is keep their seat. they re politicians that have a survival mechanism so they re less concerned about the future of their national party than their own seats an
immigration push for years. governor jan brewer signed it in 2010 and even though most of it was struck down, she says the current border crisis proves arizona was right to push for a crackdown. take a listen. dang it, the federal government has got a job to do. unfortunately in arizona, i got sued by the federal government to do their job and lost. so once again, here we are faced with a lot of unanswered questions. and of course we ll have much more on our two tdr 50 states for the rest of the week. coming up next, cleveland, lebron james and the republican convention. how sports and politics are raising the profile of the buckeye state. but first, trivia time. arizona is the only state to have four women governors. rose mofford, jane hall, janet napolitano and jan brewer. and we want to say a big
he s never written that big million dollar check to the chagrin of some democrats. there you have it. omaha and wichita, the heart of the country and the home of some of the biggest billionaire big shots that influence american politics in many ways today. and that was chuck with today s tdr 52 on kansas and nebraska. up next, why sarah palin and some other famous faces may want to curb their enthusiasm for speaking out on national issues. we ll explain that. but first, trivia time. way back in 1887 kansas elected susanna salter as the first mayor in the united states. she was just 27 years old. we want to say a hearty congratulations to today s winner, charlie copley. congratulations, charlie. and we ll be right back with more. yes! well, i found this new thing. called allstate quickfoto claim. it s an app. you understand that?