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Published: August 4, 2006
Republican state senator switching parties
By John Greiner
Shift widens Democrats' lead

The battle for control of the Oklahoma Senate took a new turn Thursday as Republican Sen. Nancy Riley announced she is registering as a Democrat because there's no place in the Republican Party for moderates.

Riley, who finished third in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor but received enough votes to force a runoff election, said she received little respect from the...

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