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Five incumbents win Oklahoma House seats

Five incumbents win Oklahoma House seats

A runoff election will be necessary to fill the seat of a departing member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

BY MICHAEL MCNUTT Oklahoman Published: July 29, 2010
NewsOK

Five members of the state House of Representatives easily won re-election Tuesday while the winner of a runoff election will fill the seat of a departing member.

The latest member to be elected to the House is David Brumbaugh, a Republican from Broken Arrow. He will succeed Rep. John Wright, R-Broken Arrow, who could not seek re-election because of legislative term limits.

An Aug. 24 runoff will determine who will replace Rep. Mike Thompson, R-Oklahoma City, who passed up re-election to run for the 5th Congressional District seat; Thompson finished third.

Elise Hall and David Looby, both of Oklahoma City, were the top two vote getters in the Republican primary election for House District 100. Hall received 47.3 percent of the vote and Looby got 34.5 percent. The winner will win the post because no Democrat or independent had filed... FULL ARTICLE

 

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