Skip to Site Navigation | Skip to Content

Oklahoma Senate special election will be in October

Oklahoma Senate special election will be in October

The filing period for Senate District 43 in Oklahoma and Cleveland counties will be June 13-15. Current GOP Sen. Jim Reynolds will resign July 1 to take another elected office.

NewsOK
BY PAUL MONIES 0
Published: June 2, 2011

The filing period for a soon-to-be vacant Senate seat in southern Oklahoma County and northern Cleveland County will be June 13-15, the state Election Board said Wednesday.

Gov. Mary Fallin chose Oct. 11 for a special general election to fill Senate District 43.

The special primary election will be Aug. 9.

Sen. Jim Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, will resign his Senate seat effective July 1. Reynolds was elected Cleveland County treasurer last fall and takes office next month.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of Reynolds’ term. The seat will be up for election again in November 2012, although it will move south to McClain, Garvin and Stephens counties after boundary changes... FULL ARTICLE

 

No comments (Add your own)

Add a New Comment

Enter the code you see below:
code
 

Comment Guidelines: No HTML is allowed. Off-topic or inappropriate comments will be edited or deleted. Thanks.