The Democratic governor will encourage past donors, lobbyists and others who will be attending to vote for Democratic House candidates, said House Democratic leader Danny Morgan. Republicans outnumber Democrats 57-44 in the House.
"We think we have a very strong possibility of closing that gap,” said Morgan, D-Prague. "Ultimately we'd love to and want to be in a position to recapture the majority.”
The goal is to get a Democratic candidate to run for each seat now held by a Republican, he said.
House Democrats usually hold fundraisers in the spring and in the fall, he said. Many House Democrats are on hand to talk with potential donors.
In 2006, about 30 House seats did not have a Democratic candidate, Morgan said.
"We would like to have the 57 House Republican seats in a contest,” he said.
Six Democratic House members and one Republican cannot seek re-election this year because of term limits. Two of those Democratic seats — currently held by Reps. Al Lindley of Oklahoma City and David Braddock of Altus — should be close contests, Morgan said.
Two other Republicans, including Reps. Trebor Worthen of Oklahoma City and Rob Johnson of Kingfisher, have said they are not seeking another term.
Worthen is going to focus more on his consulting firm and Johnson is running for a seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
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As a card carrying Republican, I concede the Republican led House and co-led Senate has been a huge disappointment. They promised to eliminate duplicated services in state government, yet have actually done very little in that arena. When comes down to it, it really doesn't matter which party is in the leadership chair.
As a previously card carrying Republican who recently changed parties, I used to have the same cynical views that most of you posting on this blog....however, after having spent months actually seeing how SOME of the politicians at the state capitol work, I too am disgusted with so many. However, I have found there are more good legislators than bad and most of those are democrats...although we have many wonderful and brave republicans who are not afraid to do the right thing. Of course I'm speaking about Nick's Law and the incredible bipartison support we received in the Senate in getting this bill passed. It is only after seeing first hand the despicable and unethical pandering of House leadership (Benge, Blackwell and Piatt)to the special interest groups, specifically the insurance companies that I made the decision to change parties and at least at the local level, I plan to vote in the primaries for the dems and in the November elections. Robyne Rohde, Mommy to Nicholas (Nick's Law)
Oklahoma Senate Republicans will gain the majority. House Republicans will maintain their majority. Brad Henry's buddy Barack Hussein Obama will lose Oklahoma in a landslide and he'll lose nationally also.
It just seems to me that the longer I live, the more all politicians begin to sound more like used car salespeople(no offense meant to used car salespeople). They'll tell you whatever they think you want to hear, but if elected, they then go off to satisfy their wealthy contributors.
D, Norman - I have a tough time even understanding where you are going with you post. Of course, every politician is always satifying some and making someone else furious. It all has to do with your perspective and how many other "voters" agree with you. I am not a politician and have often been accused of being to "black and White". That being said, you make no sense.
Governor Henry has Left Oklahoma, as has the Democratic party. My hope is that in 20 years we'll be referring to Govenor Left Turn as the last Democratic leader this state had. I think we've already had our last Dem. legislature.
Bobby, you gave the typical politician's off point response, i.e., "no way for any politician to the favorite to everyone" is far from -- Kevin's comment about always satisfying some.
Kevin, OKC, That is an impossible question to answer because everyones version of that politician is different. There is no way for any politician to the favorite to everyone. The only that he/she can do is to try to live up to the promises made during the campaign.
Do you think any politician will ever again look out for the interests of the Average Working Joe, rather than to court favor from people and corporations with lots of $$$?
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