Oklahoma
News 9 Political Analyst Scott Mitchell Discusses Outcome Of 2024 Oklahoma Primaries
After a primary election causes a shakeup at the Oklahoma State Capitol, News 9 spoke with political analyst Scott Mitchell for his take on how the elections turned out.
Republican Oklahoma Sen. Greg McCortney, who was tapped to become the next Senate Pro Tem, was beaten by newcomer Jonathan Wingard in the race for Senate District 13.
“It was a shocker,” Mitchell said. “It basically said ‘will there be a ideological change?’ and when Greg McCortney last last night, it started all kinds of dominoes falling.”
Mitchell said this ideological change suggests Oklahoma may be shifting even further ton the political right.
As for what happened with the surprise upsets Tuesday night, Mitchell said it may have to do with Oklahoma Senate inaction over tax cuts.
“Remember those hearings?” Mitchell said. “The Senate didn’t want to take up tax cuts.”
Mitchell said the discussion on tax cuts doesn’t just affect Sen. McCortney however.
“There’s other things, there’s vaccines and guns and all kinds of stuff, but this is a shift to the right,” Mitchell said. “Sen. Jessica Garvin lost, there are a couple of folks in runoffs, there’s just a whole big shift to the right, which means that the agenda [they] pushed into the Senate, and [then] the Senate wouldn’t act, that’s what the voters thought of it.”
Making the jump from local to state politics, Nikki Nice, the Oklahoma City councilwoman for Ward 7, defeated former Oklahoma Sen. Connie Johnson for Senate District 48.
“That’ll be a big jump for her,” Mitchell said. “She has a stellar reputation with the council, and she’s going to be taken over that Senate seat. There’s 40 Republicans however, in the state senate, that’s probably not going to change much.”
Mitchell said Nice will work in that caucus with Sen. Jody Kurt, who is the new minority leader in the Senate.
On Wednesday, Kilgore College (TX) linebacker Chris Robinson announced his commitment to Oklahoma State.
I’M HERE! Gopokes🤠#committed @CoachNardo27 @joebobclements @CoachGundy @CoachJG_ @CowboyFB pic.twitter.com/qH707uTwLR
— 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 (@sayochris5) June 26, 2024
Robinson’s pledge comes 16 days after the Rangers’ standout took a visit to Stillwater and picked up an offer from Bryan Nardo and company. Prior to his trip to Stillwater, Robinson visited the Cougars and new head coach Willie Fritz.
After seeing OSU, however, the the Cowboys were able to get a commitment from Robinson on Wednesday.
Listed at 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds, Robinson played one season at Kilgore College, tallying 38 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks in 11 games, helping lead the Rangers to a 9-2 record and a Southwest Junior College Football Conference championship.
Robinson’s efforts resulted in the star freshman earning offers from Missouri State, Eastern Kentucky, Texas Tech, New Mexico, Houston and Oklahoma State.
Before attending Kilgore College, Robinson played at Harker Heights (TX), a high school 55 miles southwest of Waco. Harker Heights is also just five miles from Killeen, TX, the home of Cowboys’ 2025 tight end commit Isaiah Butler-Tanner, who commented on Robinson’s pledge.
Reppin 254 #GoPokes
— Isaiah Butler-Tanner (@Isaiah_Tanner4) June 26, 2024
For Joe Bob Clements, the addition of Robinson gives the Pokes’ linebacker room great depth heading into the 2024 season. With talented linebacker duo Nick Martin and Collin Oliver both back in Stillwater after impressive performances in 2023, inserting Robinson into the rotation will only make the position group better.
In addition to Robinson, Oklahoma State also adds 3-star Melissa (TX) linebacker Gunnar Wilson to its roster ahead of the 2024 season.
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FOX News Multimedia Reporter Joy Addison tells us exactly how hot it will feel across the South and Plains today and how emergency crews and hospitals are getting ready for an influx of heat illnesses.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans have been forced to sweat it out Wednesday after hurricane-force winds knocked out power and air conditioning amid a heat dome that is roasting the state.
The National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma, issued an Excessive Heat Warning that doesn’t expire until 9 p.m. Warm temperatures and high humidity will drive the heat index or feels-like temperature as high as 120 degrees.
“Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events,” the NWS warned.
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As of noon Wednesday, almost 80,000 homes and businesses were still without power after overnight and morning storms swept through, according to PowerOutage.US. That means no air conditioning to beat the heat.
Thunderstorms churned up tropical-storm- and hurricane-force wind gusts across Oklahoma City, Tulsa and much of central and eastern Oklahoma. The morning commute was frustrating for many. Downed trees and power poles littered streets. Even a stoplight took a hit in Tulsa.
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Many in Tulsa had to find an alternate way to work Wednesday morning.
(City of Tulsa / FOX Weather)
Tulsa endured a 71-mph wind gust. Muskogee and Guthrie reported a 68-mph gust while Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City had a 73-mph gust.
“We’ve had multiple 70 mph wind gust reports in OKC!,” said the NWS Norman.
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Trees took out power lines and barely missed the hen house.
(Public Service Co. / FOX Weather)
A falling tree injured one person in Hochatown. Across Logan County, gusts tore shingles off homes and even destroyed a large barn.
Lightning from the storms started a house fire in Oklahoma City. The Fire Department reported they responded to more than 150 storm emergencies.
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(Oklahoma City Fire / FOX Weather)
The lightning was constant in Edmund overnight.
The night in Edmund was hardly dark with all the lightning.
(@LaurieMit via Storyful / FOX Weather)
High temperatures through the rest of the week in Oklahoma City will straddle 100 degrees every day, and don’t expect relief from the heat overnight. Low temperatures will stay in the upper 70s and low 80s.
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Weather officials are surveying storm damage and thousands are without power after a sudden, severe thunderstorm crossed Central Oklahoma on Tuesday night.
In Oklahoma City, neighborhoods like Britton Road saw severe damage, KOCO reports, after wind gusts up to 80 mph blasted through, causing roof damage and downing power lines.
About 30,000 customers are still affected across 16 counties, with the largest impact in Oklahoma County, reports Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. Closer to 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, almost 60,000 OG&E customers were without power.
OG&E customers can report outages online.
Storm damage in Oklahoma today
Several neighborhoods reported some forms of storm damage, while others saw more extensive damage, including downed power lines and shredded roofs.
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