Justices to hear appeal Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a conservative group that wanted to promote its anti-Hillary Clinton movie without complying with a landmark campaign finance law. The...

IN BRIEF: Obama resigns from Senate Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 2 Obama resigns from Senate CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois senator called his...

No break in campaigns for some Oklahoma candidates Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 1 ©Copyright 2008, The Oklahoman With the 2008 elections less than a week old, almost two dozen Oklahomans already have started campaigns for elections in 2010. More than $1.7 million has been...

How Oklahomans voted Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Comments 25 Oklahoma voters on Tuesday continued their long streak of favoring Republicans for president and gave Sen. John McCain one of his biggest victory margins of the day. The count With 54 percent of...

McCain wins Oklahoma Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Comments 22 Republican John McCain swept to an easy victory over Democrat Barack Obama in Oklahoma on Tuesday, keeping the state in the GOP for the 11th straight presidential election. Neither McCain nor...

Edmond police proposal has groups at odds with campaign law Sat, Nov 1, 2008 | Comments 13 EDMOND — Committees on both sides of the Public Safety Center proposition in Edmond may be in violation of state campaign contribution laws. The city, however, did not violate campaign ethics...

Rep. Randy Terrill ordered to pay bankruptcy trustee Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Comments 3 Rep. Randy Terrill lacked credibility when he claimed more than $11,000 in loans to his 2004 campaign committee were not meant to be repaid, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday. Bankruptcy...

Obama, McCain, parties level the playing field Fri, Jun 20, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all Barack Obama's remarkable fundraising and sizable surplus, the Democratic presidential nominee entered the final two months of the presidential contest on...

Obama raises $52M in June, setting torrid new pace Thu, Jul 17, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though he's raking in the cash so far, Barack Obama's decision to forgo public funds for the fall campaign means he must keep up his torrid pace - a tall order that...

Supreme Court to issue decision on D.C. gun case Thu, Jun 26, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is meeting to issue its final three opinions of the term, including defining Americans' right to own guns. The challenge to the ban on handguns in...

A story of seven tainted races Thu, Jun 5, 2008 | Comments 4 MUSKOGEE — Southeast Oklahoma businessman Steve Phipps testified Wednesday he provided $70,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Gov. Brad Henry in January 2003, within days after Henry took...

Phipps says he provided illegal contributions to Governor Thu, Jun 5, 2008 | Comments 38 MUSKOGEE — Southeast Oklahoma businessman Steve Phipps testified today that he provided $70,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Gov. Brad Henry in January 2003, about the time Henry took...

Official accused in donor scheme Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Add a comment The chairman of a new board that regulates the abstract industry resigned Monday after being accused of providing illegal campaign contributions. Randy Dittmann called the allegation "grossly...

New names emerge in auditorcase
'Operations turned over to deputy official Sat, Jan 26, 2008 | Comments 4 MUSKOGEE — State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan is considering resigning in the wake of a federal indictment accusing him of corruption, his attorney said Friday. "We expect to make an...

State Auditor to resign? Fri, Jan 25, 2008 MUSKOGEE — State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan and his wife pleaded innocent this morning to a nine-count felony indictment accusing them of taking bribes from a southeast Oklahoma...

GOP Fundraiser Gets 18 Years in Prison Tue, Jun 6, 2006 TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A GOP fundraiser who embezzled from a state investment in rare coins was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison in a scandal that helped bring down Ohio's ruling...

Democrats fight for 5th District Sun, Jun 11, 2006 WASHINGTON As he made the rounds of political organizations and donors here last week, Dr. David Hunter wasn't just trying to sell himself as a candidate for Congress. He was trying to...

Grand jury continues query in bribery case Thu, May 18, 2006 Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury is continuing to investigate a Texas businessman suspected of bribing former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, but the man's attorney said Friday the probe is...

Embezzlement trial set for former insurance commissioner Thu, May 18, 2006 More than a year after he resigned amid allegations of corruption in office, former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will go to trial Monday on the first of five criminal cases against...

Fisher lawyer lists defense witnesses Thu, May 18, 2006 Henry, Keating are among those named. Gov. Brad Henry and former Gov. Frank Keating have been listed as defense witnesses for Carroll Fisher, the former state insurance commissioner. Both...