Oklahoma democrats working to keep seats

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Democrats in the Oklahoma Senate are recruiting a slate of energetic and motivated candidates for next year's legislative elections in hopes of hanging onto the seats of four term-limited Democratic senators, the Senate's incoming Democratic leader said Tuesday.

“Seventy-five percent of a winning campaign for the Legislature in Oklahoma is having a good candidate,” said Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City. “It's very hard to get people motivated this early. We're off to a start we are very, very happy with.”

Rice introduced candidates for two of the four seats held by Democrats who are term-limited in 2010 and cannot seek re-election. He promised to introduce more candidates in the coming months, including some who will target Republican-held seats in hopes of returning majority status to Senate Democrats.

In an effort to improve decorum and restore a collegial atmosphere in the Senate chamber, Rice said, Senate Democrats will not campaign for Democratic challengers in the districts of Republican incumbents in 2010.

“That doesn't mean they won't help support challengers,” said Rice, an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe last year.

Republicans took control of the 48-member Senate for the first time in state history last year and outnumber Democrats 26-22. Republicans took control of the 101-member Oklahoma House for the first time in 80 years in 2004 and now outnumber Democrats 62-39.

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1. A democrat in Oklahoma should be put on the endangered species list.

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2. The local Dem senator in Norman...

is kicking off his campaign in two weeks. He's a good guy, I met him several times when he was campaigning for his office the first time.

We're having a hard time here. The Cleveland County Dem headquarters were vandalized about a week ago. The office is in Norman, the only blue in a sea of blood, er, red.