{"id":2271021,"date":"2024-06-18T20:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T00:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-house-appropriator-tom-cole-easily-defeats-challenge-in-oklahoma-house-race\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T20:52:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T00:52:30","slug":"powerful-house-appropriator-tom-cole-easily-defeats-challenge-in-oklahoma-house-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-house-appropriator-tom-cole-easily-defeats-challenge-in-oklahoma-house-race\/","title":{"rendered":"House Appropriations leader Tom Cole swiftly overcomes opponent in Oklahoma House election"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpowerful-house-appropriator-tom-cole-easily-defeats-challenge-in-oklahoma-house-race%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=2271021&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-releases-ad-to-win-over-haley-supporters\/\" title=\"Biden's campaign launches ad targeting Haley supporters\">summary pertains<\/a> \u200cto Rep. Tom \u2063Cole (R-OK) \u2063who successfully \u200bwon the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-mccarthy-speaks-highly-of-president-trump-after-previous-critical-comments\/\" title=\"House Minority Leader McCarthy speaks highly of President Trump after previous critical comments\">primary elections<\/a> in Oklahoma, avoiding a runoff. He faced\u200c multiple candidates from his party, including one who was \u200csignificantly self-funded. \u2062Cole holds a prominent position as the chair\u200d of\u200b the powerful Appropriations Committee. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) won the primary\u200d elections in Oklahoma, securing a victory that allows him\u200c to bypass a runoff. He contended against several Republican challengers, including a notably self-funded candidate. Cole&#8217;s win is significant owing to \u200bhis role as \u2064the \u200cchair of the influential Appropriations Committee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rep. Tom Cole\">Rep. Tom Cole<\/a> (R-OK) easily avoided a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3047157\/tuesday-elections-virginia-oklahoma-georgia-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"runoff\">runoff<\/a> in Oklahoma after defeating a crowded field of GOP candidates, including a wealthy self-funder vying for his House seat.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, who chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee in the House, received 67% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">vote<\/a> with 25% of ballots counted when the primary was called. Meanwhile, insurance broker Paul Bondar received 23% of the vote. <\/p>\n<p>Had Cole failed to pull in 50%, he would have been forced to compete in a primary runoff on Aug. 27. Three other GOP candidates were also on the ballot, but the two top vote-getters advance to the next stage of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, who has held his seat since the 2002 election, had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, but he is also an old-school Republican who has attracted criticism for his relationships with Democrats. He took on his role as Appropriations chairman after Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) stepped down from the position in April. <\/p>\n<p>Bondar, a political newcomer who loaned more than $5 million of his own money to his campaign in Oklahoma\u2019s 4th Congressional District, had attacked Cole as a Washington insider willing to vote with Democrats on spending bills, including billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine, but the message did not resonate with enough voters on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">election night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The race became one of the most\u00a0expensive congressional races in Oklahoma\u2019s history. In addition to Bondar\u2019s personal fundraising, Americans 4 Security PAC, an outside group supporting Cole, planned to spend nearly $4 million on the race, per <em>Roll Call.<\/em> Cole\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H2OK04055\/\">spent over $3 million<\/a>, and both the American Action Network and Defending Main Street Super PAC funneled money into the contest as well.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma is one of several <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republican<\/a> strongholds as Democrats look elsewhere to flip the lower chamber back to their control.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) won the Oklahoma primary decisively, avoiding a runoff by securing 67% of the vote with 25% of ballots counted. He outperformed several GOP challengers, including a wealthy self-funded candidate, to retain his position. Cole leads the influential House Appropriations Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2271022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24107555396390-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24107555396390-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271021","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}