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Incumbent Brad Henry is firmly in control of his bid for a second term as Oklahoma’s governor. The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Henry leading his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook, 54% to 33%. That’s a 10-point jump in Henry’s lead since our last poll in May. Henry is faring much better with his party base as evidenced by the 83% of Democrats who say they’ll support him versus 58% of Republicans for Istook. He also has stronger crossover pull, drawing support from 27% of GOP voters. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Oklahoma voters have a “very favorable” opinion...

Vote For Governor Henry (D), 60% Istook (R), 34% Undecided, 5% Vote For Lt. Governor Askins (D), 48% Hiett (R), 42% Undecided, 8% Other, 2%

Oklahoma City (AP) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Ernest Istook takes aim at Governor Brad Henry's immigration policies today, accusing the Democratic incumbent of not doing enough to fight illegal immigration and end public benefits for undocumented aliens. Henry spokesman Paul Sund replies that delays in immigration reform policies are the fault of Istook and his colleagues in the G-O-P-controlled Congress. Istook is leaving his 5th Congressional District seat to run for governor. Istook says Henry has done little to crack down on illegal immigrants while governors in other states are taking sweeping action. Istook pointed to laws in Colorado and...

May 7--Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (D) leads his strongest Republican challenger, Ernest Istook, by 11 percentage points. The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Henry with 50% of the statewide vote while Istook attracts 39% (see crosstabs). Support below 50% is generally considered problematic for an incumbent, but it's a good showing for a Democrat in a Republican-leaning state (in 2004, President Bush won 60% of the vote here). Henry is viewed favorably by 65% of Oklahoma voters, unfavorably by 34%; 67% like his job performance. Istook is viewed favorably by 53%. At this point, the race looks like Henry's...

Istook finished the strongest but would not win, according to the poll. In that race, Henry would beat Istook 44 to 36 percent.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Democratic leaders and senators from both parties expressed outrage on Sunday about an obscure provision in the huge end-of-session spending bill that would allow the chairmen of the Appropriations Committees and their staff assistants to examine Americans' income tax returns. Republican leaders said that their motives had been misread and that there was never any intention to invade the privacy of taxpayers. They promised that the provision would be deleted from the bill in a special session on Wednesday before the spending measure, which cleared Congress on Saturday night, was sent to President Bush for his...

Arm-Twisting and Vote-Switching on RX Drug Entitlement by David Freddoso Posted Nov 26, 2003 The final vote on the bill to create the largest new entitlement in decades was 220-215, but it was even closer than that for most of Saturday morning. Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.), who spearheaded the conservative opposition to the prescription drug entitlement (H.R. 1) in the House, called his own efforts a "successful failure." Pointing out that the conservative opposition to the bill grew by six votes since June, he compared the stand by 25 principled House conservatives against the bill to the battle of the...

Rep. Brad Carson (D-Okla.) will enter the race to succeed senior Republican Sen. Don Nickles, who announced Tuesday that he won’t seek a fifth term. Carson plans to announce his exploratory committee next week, according to a Democratic source. Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) is also expected to run for Nickles’ seat, while Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys (R) and Attorney General Drew Edmondson (D) are possible contenders. Nickles, 54, chairman of the Budget Committee and the former GOP whip, decided not to seek reelection even though his GOP colleagues and the White House wanted him to stay, and he was...

<p>TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Politicians wondering whether Sen. Don Nickles will run for a record-setting fifth term are closely watching his bank account.</p> <p>The Oklahoma Republican has raised just $53,600 so far this year, and his campaign has $437,750 in the bank.</p>

With a single constitutional amendment to be filed next week, an Oklahoma congressman will seek to protect the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments and school prayer. On the heels of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals once again ruling the Pledge unconstitutional, and with no letup of attacks on public displays of the Ten Commandments or students who wish to pray, Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) says it's time to "stop the courts from supporting intolerant attacks on expressions of faith." "Such an amendment would avoid the establishment of an official religion, while protecting our religious expressions and freedom,"...