Additionally, if company-sponsored PACs were combined with employee contributions, Koch Industries would be Inhofe's largest contributor, with $90,950 according to OpenSecrets. WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY. According to OpenSecrets, Inhofe has received over $529,000 from the oil and gas industry since 2012. The special election will be held this year with a primary on June 28, primary run-off on Aug. 23, and a general election on Nov. 8. 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Oklahoma was the last territory to be formed within the continental United States. [199], Inhofe was the first recipient of the U.S. Air Force Academy's Character and Leadership Award for his character and leadership in public service. Senator Dewey Bartlett. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Oklahoma Senate Candidates Debate Ahead Of Primary Runoff. On February 12, 1999, Inhofe was one of 50 senators to vote to convict and remove Bill Clinton from office. Maybe the . This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., arrives for the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, in Dirksen Building on Sep. 28, 2021. The bill's primary sponsor was Orrin Hatch (R-UT). [200], Inhofe has symptoms of long COVID, which have severely limited his capacity to do day-to-day activities. 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A devout Christian, Holland talks openly about his faith ("I'm a Jesus guy") and how he hopes Trump's Supreme Court nominees will ensure that Roe v. Wade is overturned this year in the court. [12] In January 1953, he was elected treasurer of the Brones social club in Tulsa;[13] he graduated from Central High School later that year. This candidate does not have a campaign website or social media. [106][107], On July 29, the day after his Senate speech, Inhofe chaired an Environment and Public Works hearing with contrarian views represented by Baliunas and David Legates, and praised their "1,000-year climate study", then involved in the Soon and Baliunas controversy, as "a powerful new work of science". 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Kendra Horn, D-Okla., speaks during a news conference in front of a USPS post office in Oklahoma City, Aug. 18, 2020. [14] He attended the University of Colorado that fall for three months and worked as a bartender. Murphy is running uncontested, and therefore his primary was canceled. Mullin, 45, a plumbing company owner from rural eastern Oklahoma, has served in the U.S. House since 2013. Ray Woods is an Independent running for Inhofes open seat in this years special election. [36], Inhofe was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 1969 until 1977. [83], On March 6, 2019, Inhofe said he intended to put language in the next defense authorization act to reinforce Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement and reintroduce severe sanctions on Tehran.[84]. All rights reserved. Inhofe will leave with four years left on the term. '", Marisa Schultz is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital. Michael Coibion is from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and hopes to succeed Inhofe as the states next Senator. Dahm supports Second Amendment rights, hopes to send Chief Medical Advisor to the President of United States Dr. Anthony Fauci to federal prison and wants to keep the federal government out of Bitcoin., Dahm showed his support for the Supreme Courts decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, issuing a press release thanking God for this incredible victory.. The most recent campaign finance report filed by Mullin showed he had spent about $4.5 million since the beginning of the year and had $1.4 million in debts, including the $1 million he loaned his campaign. [68], In 1994, incumbent Senator David Boren, who had been serving in the Senate since 1979, agreed to become president of the University of Oklahoma and announced he would resign as soon as a successor was elected. The race to finish out the term of retiring U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe ended with a definitive 62%-35% win from U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin over former Democratic congresswoman Kendra Horn. He's a fourth-generation Oklahoman, and his family settled in Bartlesville, where Holland was raised. [176] But he voted to enact Webb's legislation in June 2008. [82] McCain died in August 2018, and Inhofe lauded him as his "hero". | MORE | Oklahoma Election Results: 2022 midterm election in Oklahoma. [37] In October, then President Gerald Ford visited Oklahoma to campaign for him. Dr. Randy J. Grellner hopes to fight inflation, support veterans and first responders and protect the Second Amendment. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. that is degrading to another person. It's long been common knowledge that the University of Oklahoma has eagerly plunged into the toxic waters of "woke" policies that have devastated higher education nationwide, but many assumed OU was an outlier in Oklahoma. The timing of Inhofe's announcement is related to a new Oklahoma state law that requires the state to hold a special election if a lawmaker announces a retirement before March 1. [194] In September 2020, less than two months before the next presidential election, Inhofe supported an immediate vote on Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. There is archaeological evidence of that, there is biblical evidence of that, there is historical evidence of that", but added, "there are some people who are so arrogant to think they are so powerful they can change climate. "[115][119] [11], In the Oklahoma House, Inhofe's first successful measure was a bill to allow for personalized license plates in Oklahoma that passed during his first legislative session. [70] He was reelected in 2002,[71] 2008,[72] 2014,[73] and 2020. [93], In December 1997, Inhofe argued that the Kyoto Protocol was a "political, economic, and national security fiasco. [91] He received the same ranking for 2018. He represented parts of Tulsa in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1969 and the Oklahoma Senate from 1969 to 1977. 0:05. [11], In 1986, when Representative James R. Jones decided to retire to run for the U.S. Senate, Inhofe ran for the 1st District and won the Republican primary with 54%. Horn beat Mullin in Oklahoma County, her home county and the state's largest, according to unofficial results. [104][108] During the hearing Senator Jim Jeffords read out an email from Hans von Storch saying he had resigned as editor-in-chief of the journal that published the Soon and Baliunas paper, as the peer review had "failed to detect significant methodological flaws in the paper" and the critique by Mann and colleagues was valid. . The Republican senator endorsed his chief of staff, Luke Holland, to succeed him. 100% reported. 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