Democrats win 2 seats in Oklahoma

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Democrats scored a big special election victory Tuesday as retired school teacher Karen Gaddis won an east Tulsa County House seat that has been in Republican hands since the early 1990s.

“I was very hopeful,” Gaddis said. “I thought it would be very close, and apparently it was.”

Gaddis, who lost to then-Rep. Dan Kirby in last November’s general election with 40 percent of the vote, finished with 52 percent Tuesday to 48 percent for Republican Tressa Nunley.

The final count was 1,072 to 977.

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Also Tuesday night, Democrats picked up a state Senate seat as attorney Michael Brooks defeated former House of Representatives employee Joe Griffin to win Senate District 44 in the Oklahoma City metro area. That seat opened up as the result of another sex scandal, this one involving Sen. Ralph Shortey.

In a third special legislative election, Darin Chambers was the easy winner in a three-way Republican primary to replace former Rep. Scott Martin, who resigned to head the Norman Chamber of Commerce.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/elections/democrat-karen-gaddis-scores-surprise-victory-takes-state-house-seat/article_abe78955-8cb5-528a-97a4-c6cf452b2d23.html

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Small victories to 2018, folks. We're in it to win it.

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Finally. Hope  

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Great news.