Precinct by precinct results 4 hr ago | Add a comment The Oklahoman tied precinct voting results for the presidential race to a statewide map of precincts. The results on each map don’t include absentee voting, which isn’t tied to...

Blue votes dotted state Nov. 4 4 hr ago | Add a comment Oklahoma voters bucked the national trend in the presidential election, but there are islands of blue among the sea of red that colors the state electoral map. That’s according to The...

What change? Obama lineup has familiar feel 7 hr ago | Add a comment John McCain may have missed a big opening in his race against Barack Obama. Obama spent millions asserting that a vote for McCain would be a vote for a third term for President George W. Bush....

Oklahoma GOP senators name spokesman 5 hr ago | Add a comment GOP senators name spokesman The head of the committee to get Republicans elected to the state Senate has been named communications director for the Senate Republicans. Friday, Randy Swanson was...

Afghan elections may need U.S. surge 5 hr ago | Add a comment CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next...

How much is enough? 8 hr ago | Add a comment The Oklahoma Education Association is at it again — asking taxpayers to fund the union’s gluttonous appetite for more than the average helping. This time, it’s an $850 million...

Patience is Republicans’ best medicine 8 hr ago | Add a comment It was the aftermath of the presidential election and everyone was explaining why the losing party lost. It was out of step with ordinary people. Its voters were too old. It was too identified with...

Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat 22 hr ago | Comments 8 WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state as early as next week, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two...

Campaign sign thefts denied by former Oklahoma state lawmaker Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 1 A former Democratic state lawmaker denies allegations he took down campaign signs of the Republican candidate seeking to replace him. "If you want to give me a polygraph, I will take a...

Oklahoma state election leader Paul Ziriax selected Yesterday | Add a comment Paul Ziriax, leadership assistant at the state Senate the past six years, has been selected to serve as secretary of the Senate and state Election Board secretary, Senate President Pro Tempore...

Same-sex marriage vote faces fight in Calif. Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 3 SAN FRANCISCO — California’s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear legal challenges to the state’s new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to let gay couples resume marrying...

McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 23 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri — the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election. McCain's narrow victory over...

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' defeat marks end of an era Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 7 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sen. Ted Stevens' election defeat marks the end of an era in which he held a commanding place in Alaska politics while wielding power on some of the most influential committees...

Sources: Bill Clinton to help Hillary get State job Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 4 CHICAGO -- Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack...

Letters to the Editor: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 53 Waiting in the wingsWill Oprah Winfrey one day fill the shoes of Barack Obama? Oprah plans to end her show’s long run in 2011. Many Americans have watched her for years. Oprah decided to get...

Joe Lieberman to keep post Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 3 Taking their cue from President-elect Barack Obama, Democrats in the Senate decided not to take revenge on Joe Lieberman despite lingering anger over the Connecticut...

AT A GLANCE: Hearing begins in petition case Wed, Nov 19, 2008 Hearing begins in petition case A preliminary hearing Tuesday for three people facing conspiracy charges for their role in a failed 2005 petition drive was filled with objections and legal...

IN BRIEF: Lawyers vet Clinton Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Lawyers vet Clinton CHICAGO — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has engaged a team of prominent lawyers to help President-elect Barack Obama vet her candidacy for U.S. secretary of state even as...

Oklahoma Election Board rules state Sen. Jim Reynolds won Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Board rules Reynolds won Two weeks after the last votes were cast, state Sen. Jim Reynolds officially won re-election Tuesday. The state Election Board certified the results of the Senate District...

Ted Stevens loses Alaska Senate race Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and...