For Immediate Release:  September 28, 2011 Senator Holt calls Oklahoma’s anti-taxpayer ranking a “wake-up call” OKLAHOMA CITY – State Sen. David Holt responded Wednesday to a recent study ranking all 50 states based on government union power versus taxpayer rights.  The nonpartisan, data-based ranking, called the “Big Labor vs. Taxpayer Index,” ranked Oklahoma dead last in the entire

Oklahoma may be the ‘reddest state in the nation’ but voter registration figures still lean heavily towards Democrats – something the Oklahoma Republican Party hopes to change with the launch of Operation RedZone. “The OKGOP has a committee for just about everything other than one of its most fundamental responsibilities- voter registration. We’re fixing that now,” said

By Steve Fair, Chairman Stephens County GOP The U.S. debt ceiling- the legal limit on government borrowing- has been in the news lately, but little or nothing has been said about the looming US debt wall- the point in which the percent of government debt to America’s GDP begins to affect our economy. An Oklahoman

By U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Our nation’s economy must be strengthened.  No new jobs were created during the month of August, and unemployment remains over 9 percent, meaning 14 million Americans are still without jobs.  Cue President Obama’s preferred style of leadership: a high profile speech followed by campaign-styled stops in

Governor Fallin Appoints Patrice Douglas to Oklahoma Corporation Commission OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today announced she has selected Patrice Douglas of Edmond to replace Commissioner Jeff Cloud on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.  Cloud announced his resignation from the commission earlier this month. The Corporation Commission has judicial, legislative and regulatory authority over a

For Immediate Release (9/2/2011) Contact: Jeff Peters Political Director, OKGOP 405-528-3501 (Oklahoma City)- Oklahoma GOP Chairman Matt Pinnell released the following statement on the August unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Creating zero new jobs in a month is a stunning reminder that the economic policies of Barack Obama and his Democrat allies have