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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1976

Page

9

Landis faces runoff in Stephens County sheriff race

Kenneth Landis 5,049 votes narrowly miss majority in 10,265 ballot. James Turner 2,345. Lloyd McAllister 1,042. Jack Price 79. Herman Kaspereit 850. Other races include Wes Watkins leading in 3rd District Dems. Beasley over Pate in GOP. 522 state question approved 7,491 to 2,929.

Duncan Kenneth Landis Stephens County James Stephens County District Attorney's Office State Medical Examiner's Office Marlow Lloyd McAllister Jack Price Herman Kaspereit Healdton Priscilla Savage Jean Deaton Comanche Wes Watkins Ada

Boaldin Captures Sheriff's Position in State Primary

Altus Oklahoma reports Sheriff Joe Boaldin won a fifth consecutive term with 2906 votes over Bill Smith 1447 as low turnout and local races highlighted the state primary. Other results include Bob Harper leading Dist 53 Rep. State Question 522 approved. Stacy Autry and Ron Shotts leading GOP contests. Democrat field led by Jan Eric Cartwright with Wilbur Wright among notable candidates.

Carl Albert Watkins Hamp Baker Ratliff City Charles Ward Durant Albert Gary Payne Atoka Marvin Davis Andrews Sardis Eugene Victor Poling Dougherty Gerald Beasley Jr Duncan Wilburton Tom Pate Jan Eric Cartwright Charles Baker Wilbur Wright Will Rogers Wayne Wallace Barry Albert Jim Berry Jim Nix Robert Kinnebrew Wilbert Bob Harper Frederick Lloyd Patton Chattanooga Stacy Autry M. C. Stanley Ron Shotts State Corporation Commission W. G. Franklin Jack Kennedy Gillespie Wilbert Thomas Allan Kraft William E. Ware Bill Bradley Waurika Bill Smith Ringling Kenneth P. Craig Moore George R. Hanks Oklahoma City Craig Helen Cole

Harper Favored In Kiowa County

In Kiowa County three precincts covering Snyder and Mountain Park chose incumbent Bob Harper over Lloyd Patton in the District 53 state representative race with 154 to 109 votes. Other races saw GOP and Democratic contenders for the Corporation Commission seats and the 6th District Congress nomination. Sheriff Henderson, Clerk McDonald, and Court Clerk Beulah Anderson ran unopposed. State Question 522 passed 838 to 446.

Hobart Kiowa Bob Harper Lloyd Patton Harper Frederick Patton Chattanooga Snyder Mountain Park Ron Shotts State Corporation Commission Jack Kennedy Gillespie W. G. Franklin Jan Eric Cartwright Will Rogers Fort Gibson Robert Kinnebrew Wilbur Wright Allan Kraft Wilbert Thomas William Ware Wayne Wallace Jim Berry Jim Nix Barry Albert Charles Baker Carol McCurley Yukon Stephen Jones Enid John Duck Stillwater Glenn English Cordell Herb Henderson W. B. McDonald Beulah Anderson

Veteran Oklahoma Rep. Briscoe Unseated in Democratic Primary

Rep. Bill Briscoe 77 of Claremore lost his bid for a second two-year term in District 9 to farmer Bill Crutcher. Crutcher led 4,019 to 3,062 in unofficial returns and will face Republican Jim Giles in November. Incumbents across districts posted various results with several races going to runoffs or remaining uncontested.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma House of Representatives House Bill Briscoe Claremore Bill J. Crutcher Crutcher Briscoe Nowata Rogers Jim Giles Bartlesville Dist Mike Murphy Didabel Wiley Sparkman Dgrove Daniel Draper Ll Colcord Ray Wooldridge Chouteau J. D. Wharton Pryor A. C. Holden Dewey Bill Lancaster C. Wayne Woodward Coweta John Monks Muskogee Don Davidson Webbers Falls Monks

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