Crowded Oklahoma US House Primary Heads for Runoff
June 29, 2022 | Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District Republican primary is headed for a runoff after no one in the crowded 14-candidate field surpassed 50 percent of the vote on June 28.
With more than 95 percent of the votes reported at 12:11 a.m. on June 29, former state representative Avery Frix received 14.7 percent of the vote and was projected to advance to the runoff.
His challenger in the runoff remained to be determined with roughly 600 votes separating Josh Breechen and John Bennett, in second and third place respectively.
Frix and his Republican opponent will meet in the August 23 runoff to determine who will face Democrat Naomi Andrews and independent Ben Robinson in November’s general election.
Oklahoma’s 2nd district includes most of eastern Oklahoma from Texas to Kansas. The House seat has been occupied since 2012 by Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who stepped away from that role to run for Senate to replace retiring Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)… (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
