Posted on 11/04/2008 8:11:06 PM PST by flattorney
Republican Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma's blunt-speaking conservative senator, won a third full term Tuesday as he cruised past Democrat Andrew Rice, a state senator and former missionary. Inhofe was elected in 1994 to replace Democrat David Boren, who resigned to become a university president. Rice, 35, campaigned aggressively for the post, but it was an uphill fight from the start against Inhofe, a fixture in Oklahoma politics for five decades. The 73-year-old Inhofe spent $6 million in his re-election bid, more than twice as much as Rice, a freshman state senator from Oklahoma City. Inhofe, a former mayor of Tulsa and ex-congressman, has sparred with environmentalists over the years, calling the idea of manmade global warming a hoax. He is known as one of the Senate's most conservative members
U.S. Senate - Oklahoma - 1438 of 2231 Precincts Reporting - 64%
Inhofe , Jim (i) GOP 403,913 56% (Declared Winner)
Rice , Andrew Dem 285,610 40%
Wallace , Stephen Ind 31,267 4%
Jim at watch party tonight.
From my FR Straight Talk profile page. Jim is my kind of guy.
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11.04.08: Heres the lastest on Florida. McCain is running very well and we still have an ace in the hole. More later - FlA
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Congratulations to Senator Inhofe. A very important win.
Always gotta be proud of Oklahoma. Last I saw, McCain was winning there by a larger margin than his home state.
BOOMER!
HOORAY for Inhofe! I know his opposition, and wouldn’t vote for his sorry arse if you paid me.
This is a great win for a fine senator! Senator if you read this a big shout out from the flower girl!
This is the one bright spot of a truly terrible day.
Jim Inhofe is the one person who can be relied upon to rebut the global warming garbage generated by the enviro-nazis. Much good it’ll do us now, though, with Obama set to declare CO2 a dangerous pollutant!
Thank you Mr. Inhofe for your dedication to our cause! Thank you for standing up for the great state of Oklahoma! I’m so glad you will still be standing up for our beliefs in the years to come! From a proud Sooner and a citizen of God’s Country!
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