{"id":1727707,"date":"2022-11-07T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1727707"},"modified":"2022-11-07T08:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:05:30","slug":"oklahoma-could-start-looking-like-oregon-if-republicans-dont-wake-up-and-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-could-start-looking-like-oregon-if-republicans-dont-wake-up-and-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Could Start Looking Like Oregon If Republicans Don\u2019t Wake Up And Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-could-start-looking-like-oregon-if-republicans-dont-wake-up-and-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1727707&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On his show this week, Dan Bongino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ueq1sGIdsM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remarked<\/a> that Oklahoma is \u201ca blood-red state full of patriotic, God-fearing, gun-loving Americans\u201d that could potentially come under the control of the Democratic Party. He asked, \u201cHow in Hades is liberal Democrat lunatic Joy Hofmeister in Oklahoma even close to the Republican governor there?\u201d Blue state refugees like myself wonder the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>This May, my family and I moved from Portland, Oregon, to a small town outside Oklahoma City after helplessly watching the destruction of our beloved hometown. Democratic lawmakers did nothing to stop the skyrocketing crime and homelessness while encouraging the woke indoctrination of school children, senseless mask mandates, and vaccine requirements. Along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/oregon\/more-people-left-oregon-in-2021-than-moved-in-heres-by-how-much\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many<\/a> other Oregonians, these convinced our family to escape.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma appeared to be the reddest state in the nation, considering its strict abortion laws, robust Second Amendment protections, and massive support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-elections\/oklahoma-president-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Trump<\/a><strong> <\/strong>in the 2020 presidential election. But upon our arrival to the Sooner State, we observed a lack of concern from voters who assume that Oklahoma will remain a conservative bastion regardless of whether they vote. In fact, many Oklahomans are unaware that their state is dangerously close to electing a Democrat governor. Oklahoma Democrats are cashing in on Republican complacency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Republican candidates in deep-blue states such as Oregon and New York appear to be taking the lead in gubernatorial races, recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosu.org\/politics\/2022-10-10\/polls-offer-a-different-picture-of-oklahomas-race-for-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polls<\/a> show an uncomfortably tight race in Oklahoma between Democrat gubernatorial candidate Joy Hofmeister and Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. Although Oklahoma\u2019s population has traditionally leaned to the right, millions of dollars in dark money pouring into the state coupled with apathetic voters may result in dismal outcomes for Republicans during next week\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p> Benefiting from Tribal Support and Dark Money <\/p>\n<p>Hofmeister, who changed her political affiliation in 2021 from Republican to Democrat, has enjoyed support from Oklahoma school boards, district superintendents, and an endorsement by the National Education Association. Additionally, the five largest <a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/your-local-election-hq\/five-tribes-endorse-hofmeister-over-stitt-for-oklahoma-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tribes<\/a> in Oklahoma endorsed Hofmeister over Stitt after a 2019 dispute in which Stitt attempted to renegotiate the percentage of casino earnings the tribes pay as part of the Exclusivity Agreement. Tribal leaders disagreed, and an expensive legal fight ensued. Ultimately, a federal court sided with the tribes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Hofmeister\u2019s largest support comes in the form of dark money. Stitt said during the Red Wave Rally in Oklahoma City this week that between $25 million and $50 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/millions-outside-spending-appeared-impact-120231365.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dark money<\/a> has been spent by special interest groups for attack ads against him. Kyle Loveless, chief operating officer of SoonerPoll, told the Oklahoman, \u201cI think it\u2019s undeniable the effect it has had on Stitt\u201d regarding the effect these donations have had on the race. Stitt\u2019s campaign believes he has been \u201cthe target of more \u2018dark money spending than any other gubernatorial candidate in the nation.\u201d As a result, Stitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examiner-enterprise.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/state\/2022\/11\/01\/oklahoma-gov-kevin-stitt-self-funds-as-governors-race-tightens\/69607051007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donated<\/a> $985,000\u00a0of his own money last weekend to his own campaign.<\/p>\n<p> Apathetic Republicans Are a Boon to Democrats <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more concerning than dark money contributions for mud-slinging ads<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP apathy and an abundance of dark money could help Democrats eke out a major win in one of the most consistently Republican states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":1727712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1727712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}