Tuesday’s election came with some of the usual foregone conclusions but also snuck in a few
surprises.
First, as expected, Frank Lucas cruised to an easy victory in his primary for Oklahoma
Congressional District 3, taking 73 percent of the vote over challengers Robin Lynn Carder (13
percent) and Darren Hamilton (14 percent).
The big surprise of the night came in the defeat of two-term incumbent John Talley for State
Representative of District 33. Talley fell to challenger Molly Jenkins, with Jenkins taking just
over 60 percent of the total vote.
The biggest story came from the ongoing battle royale for the commissioner spot for Logan
County District 2, with Floyd Coffman, Mike Fergason, and Charlie Meadows duking it out. Sadly,
last night’s results gave no closure, as Meadows and Coffman each came in with right around
40 percent of the vote, with Fergason taking the remaining 20 percent. This sets up a winner-
take-all run-off between Coffman and Meadows on August 27th to see who can sway
Fergason’s supporters to their side.
In other results, the open spot for Corporation Commissioner went J. Brian Bingman over
Russell Ray and Justin Hornback. Bingman scored 53 percent of the vote, Hornback had 29
percent, and Ray got 18 percent.
In State District 32, Jim Shaw and Kevin Wallace will head to a runoff as neither gained a
majority, as the remaining candidate Jason Shilling’s 12 percent was enough to keep both Shaw
and Wallace below a majority.
For State District 38, incumbent John Pfeiffer defeated Marven Lee Goodman solidly, taking 71
percent of the vote.
In the District 41 race, incumbent Denise Crosswhite Hader defeated Shea Bracken, with Hader
taking 57 percent against Bracken’s 42 percent.
Cheryl Watts Smith easily took her race for Logan County Court Clerk, pulling in 78 percent of
the vote over challenger Jannis Crews Delisa.
The remaining item of note in Logan County was the vote in Mulhall to raise the town sales tax
by an additional percentage point from 3 percent to 4 percent, to help the town government with
increased costs of funding. The proposition passed easily, with nearly 77 percent of voters
approving.
