The candidate for governor loans her campaign $675,000.
Tulsa World
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Published: 7/21/2010 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 7/21/2010 4:30 AM
One of Lt. Gov. Jari Askins' most powerful campaign weapons — her personal checkbook — has been brought to bear in her effort to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Reports filed late Monday with the state Ethics Commission show that Askins loaned her campaign $675,000 between June 16 and July 11.
The loans represent almost one-third of the $2.1 million raised by Askins during the course of her campaign.
In 2006, Askins put $880,000 of her own money into winning what was probably the most hotly contested lieutenant governor's race in Oklahoma history.
Now a narrow underdog to Attorney General Drew Edmondson in next week's Democratic gubernatorial primary, Askins spent more than any candidate during the pre-primary reporting period, which ran from April 1 to July 12.
Askins spent more than $890,000 during those 3½ months, compared with Edmondson's $798,000 and Republican frontrunner U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin's $747,000.
Fallin's chief GOP rival, Owasso state Sen. Randy Brogdon, reported contributions of $167,547.53 and expenditures of $148,236.20 for the reporting period... FULL ARTICLE
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