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Ask Pam

Ask Pam

By OKGOP | Blog, News

 By Vice-Chairman Pam Pollard We are starting a new series of articles to help answer some of the more common questions we receive here at the OKGOP. Our State Vice-Chair, Pam Pollard, will be answering these questions in the “Ask Pam” series. This week we will be talking about precinct meetings and will answer the question: Do

Putting on Your

Putting on Your “Sunday Best” For Voter Registration

By OKGOP | Blog, News

By George Wiland (George has been a deputy voter registrar with the Tulsa County Election Board for over 25 years, registering more than 20,000 voters in area churches in that period.) Over a period of more than 25 years, a very good rapport has been established with area churches to conduct non-partisan voter registrations on

Wicked Schemes

Wicked Schemes

By OKGOP | Blog, News

By Chairman Matt Pinnell There is going to be every effort made to put private enterprise on trial this year. We’ve seen the class warfare tactics from this President, and now with Congress (unfortunately) returning to work in D.C., we are seeing the same dangerous tactics on the legislative front.  Six House Democrats – led

The Importance of the Catholic Vote in 2012

The Importance of the Catholic Vote in 2012

By OKGOP | Blog, News

By Peter L. Hodges Sr. Q:  Why is the Catholic vote so important in 2012? A:  In presidential elections the winner of the Catholic vote usually wins the national popular vote, the electoral college and the presidency. Below are the winners of the Catholic vote from the past sixteen presidential elections with the approximate percentage

The Education Puzzle

The Education Puzzle

By Chairman Pinnell | Blog

By Chairman Matt Pinnell With the most critical presidential election of our lifetime quickly approaching, it’s difficult to focus on other races. However, please give me a moment to make you aware of a statewide election taking place in Oklahoma in less than a month. An election, you could argue, that has more impact on your kids and/or

Comments from a Commissioner

Comments from a Commissioner

By OKGOP | Blog

By Patrice Douglas – Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Most Oklahomans may be like my son, Phillip.  As a family, we talked about my new role as a commissioner, and Phillip’s comments were insightful.  He said, “I don’t even know what a commissioner is.”  Unlike my prior role as mayor, the title of “Corporation Commissioner” is not