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Pair Of Longtime Oklahoma Lawmakers Lose In Runoff
Oklahoma City AP reports two veteran lawmakers lost in Tuesday runoff elections. Sen Ralph Graves of Shawnee and Rep Lynn Thornhill of Wakita were defeated. Incumbents John Miskelly and J B Bennett won their races. Former legislators Charles Vann and Bob A Trent also won comebacks.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ralph Graves
D-Shawnee
Lynn Thornhill
D-Wakita
John Miskelly
D-Choctaw
J. B. Bennett
Okmulgee
Miskelly
Bennett
Charles Vann
D-Pauls Valley
Bob A. Trent
D-Caney
Bryce Baggett
George Keyes
Jones
Graves
Senate Professions and Occupations Committee
John L. Clifton
Shawnee
Clifton
Cleveland-Pottawatomie
House
Senate
Thornhill
Northwest
Robert Milacek
Milacek
House Appropriations Committee
Keyes
Dorothy Williamson
Luther
D-Okmulgee
John Cordell
Baggett
Joe Homsey
Homsey
Phil Watson
Edmond
Senate Dist
Herbert Rozell
Tahlequah
Bob J. Ausmus
Ausmus
Robert Medearis
D-Tahlequah
James McDaniel
Fitzhugh Rancher
Harold Hall
Ada
Wes Watkins
D-Ada
McDaniel
Dist
Charles W. Vann
Pauls Valley
Don Frankenberg
Lindsay
Vann
Glen Ham
Ralph W. Graves
Mick Thompson
Poteau
Melvin L. Taylor
Joe Johnson
D-Poteau
Thompson
Raleigh Sexton
Caney Farmer
Delmas L. Northcutt
Kingston Farmer
Gary Payne
D-Atoka
Trent
Robert H. Henry
Shawnee Legal Vater
Roy E. Edgin
Shawnee Aviation Man
Charles Henry
Henry
Waukomis
R-Waukomis
Marvin L. Baughman
Geronimo
George Stuever
Lawton Farmer-Teacher
Gordon Beznoska
Baughman
Steward
Warner M. Hornbeck
George C. Keyes