From Jo Rainbolt, Chair of the 2nd District Republican Party:

All of our Republican candidates for statewide offices will be speaking or have someone speak for them with the exception of one. This is a great opportunity to hear and meet each of them. Be an informed voter. We have six statewide primary races this year. It is very important that we elect the best individual for each office

The meeting will be held at the Kiamichi Technology Center (301 Kiamichi Dr.) in McAlester from 1:00-3:00 PM.  Be sure to arrive early as a large crowd is expected.

Those candidates attending are: 

Gubernatorial candidates: Randy Brogdon, Mary Fallin, Robert Hubbard, Roger Jackson 

Lt. Gov: Todd Lamb, John Wright 

Attorney General: Ryan Leonard, Scott Pruitt 

Labor Commissioner: Mark Costello, Jason Reese 

Treasurer: Owen Laughlin, Ken Miller 

School Superintendent: Janet Barresi (will not be there), Shawn Hime 

Corporation Commissioner: Dana Murphy (Gary Jones will be speaking for her) 

Insurance Commissioner: John Doak 


Invite your conservative friends to come with you. Congressional District 2 is a large district covering 25 counties from the Kansas line to the Texas line.

Be sure to RSVP on the Facebook event page!

First perception means everything.  Whether it's a first date, selling a house, or even voting for a politician.  I guess that's why Rep. Mary Fallin is so intent on making sure she has a large following on her Facebook fanpage. Over the last few days, Fallin's campaign has bought a number of FB ads encouraging folks to join her FB fanpage.

She seems so set in increasing her following (5,857 currently) that she has this as her status update for the fanpage:

 

Just 163 fans away from 6,000 on Facebook! Help us get there by suggesting our page to your friends and family! Thanks for your help. 

Now first of all, it's quite common for bands, businesses, and politicians to encourage folks to join their online support group.  However, paying for that organic support is a bit of a stretch.  I wonder how her donors would feel if they knew she was spending frivolous money like this.  Makes one wonder how she'll spend money if she wins the Governor's mansion.

As a comparison, Randy Brogdon (R-Owasso) has 2,318 fans at the time of this post, Jari Askins has 1,537, and Drew Edmondson has 2,279.  I believe all their support is "organic" in the sense that they have not paid advertisement to increase their numbers.

Over the weekend, Tulsa County GOP held a rally for Republican activists, current elected officials, and candidates for the upcoming 2010 elections.  At the event, I posted a couple pictures via Twitter.  It was a packed crowd as you can see in Picture #1 and Picture #2.

During the rally, they held a straw poll for a number of the state wide and local elections that will be on the ballot.  Here are the results per the Tulsa County GOP's email.