Kuykendall loses district attorney primary

Primary voters ousted District Attorney Tim D. Kuykendall on Tuesday, unseating the 12-year incumbent and choosing challenger Greg Mashburn.

Mashburn, a Norman resident and Oklahoma County assistant district attorney, challenged Kuykendall's record prosecuting crime in Cleveland, McClain, and Garvin counties. He was rewarded with nearly 65 percent of the vote in Cleveland County, garnering 8,937 votes to Kuykendall's 4,856.

Showings for Kuykendall in the other counties failed to offset the overwhelming Cleveland County loss, with Mashburn receiving 10,477 votes to Kuykendall's 6,090.

Since no Democrat filed, Mashburrn automatically becomes the new District Attorney.

Both attorneys are OU Law School graduates.

The race was one of several decided in Tuesday's primary elections.

Republicans across the state picked U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook to lead the ticket as their party's nominee for governor. He beat Tulsa businessman Bob Sullivan and two other challengers with better than 55 percent of the vote. Istook will run against incumbent Gov. Brad Henry, who handily won the Democratic primary with better than 85 percent.

Republican state Rep. Todd Hiett and state Sen. Scott Pruitt will face each other in an Aug. 22 run-off for the chance to run against either Rep. Jari Askins or former congressional aide Pete Regan, each of whom failed to win a clear majority in the Democratic primary. on the November ballot. The two Democrats both outpolled the hometown favorite, Sen. Cal Hobson of Norman, who obtained 45 percent of the vote in Cleveland County but only got 18 percent statewide.

In the only other statewide contest, former Secretary of State Howard G. Barnett Jr. beat finance executive Dan Keating, 60 percent to 40 percent.

Tim Emrich and John Sparks will face each other in the only local run-off race. The two Democrats finished in a virtual tie, with about 35 percent each, defeating fellow political newcomer Derrick Ott, who got about 30 percent. In Cleveland County, Emerich had 2,432 votes, with 2,331 for Sparks and 2,003 for Ott.

Republican Ron Davis won a clear majority for his party's nomination for the same office, with 1,738 votes to Wayne Maxwell's 1,601.

Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett will face off in an Aug. 22 run-off for the congressional seat Istook is vacating. Fallon got 35 percent to Cornett's 24 percent, while Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode led four other candidates for runner-up status with 19 percent.

The winner of that contest will face physician David Hunter, who won the Democratic primary.

The Fifth Congressional District doesn't include Cleveland County, however, where incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Cole will face former U.S. Foreign Service officer Hall Spake for the Fourth Congressional District seat.

Cleveland County Election Board Secretary Paula G. Roberts described turnout as moderate, with 27,155 voters going to the polls. While the county has more registered Republicans than Democrats, turnout numbers were roughly equal with 13,997 voters casting Republican ballots and 13,148 casting ballots in the Democratic primary.

Democratic primary -- Statewide

GOVERNOR 2195 OF 2249

BRAD HENRY 223,372 85.78%

ANDREW W. MARR, JR. 37,020 14.22%

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2195 OF 2249

CAL HOBSON 46,141 18.21%

JARI ASKINS 102,033 40.27%

PETE REGAN 73,192 28.88%

JIM ROGERS 32,032 12.64%

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR 2195 OF 2249

FRANK SHURDEN 108,114 44.82%

LLOYD L. FIELDS 133,120 55.18%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 5 340 OF 340

BERT SMITH 14,451 36.96%

DAVID HUNTER 24,653 63.04%

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT NO. 16 36 OF 36

DERRICK OTT 2,003 29.60%

JOHN SPARKS 2,331 34.45%

TIM EMRICH 2,432 35.94%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 45 16 OF 16

M. ESTELLE CASH 930 33.68%

WALLACE COLLINS 1,831 66.32%

Democratic primary -- Cleveland County

GOVERNOR

BRAD HENRY 11,604

ANDREW W. MARR, JR. 1,459

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

CAL HOBSON 5,926

JARI ASKINS 3,881

PETE REGAN 2,421

JIM ROGERS 758

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR

FRANK SHURDEN 5,439

LLOYD L. FIELDS 6,419

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT NO. 16

DERRICK OTT 1,591

JOHN SPARKS 1,840

TIM EMRICH 2,138

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 45

M. ESTELLE CASH 930

WALLACE COLLINS 1,831

COUNTY COMMISSION, DISTRICT NO. 3

LEROY KROHMER 2,884

JIM ROBERTSON 2,044

Republican primary -- Statewide

GOVERNOR 2195 OF 2249

JAMES A. WILLIAMSON 16,387 9.40%

ERNEST ISTOOK 97,086 55.66%

JIM EVANOFF 8,163 4.68%

BOB SULLIVAN 52,780 30.26%

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2195 OF 2249

TODD HIETT 74,070 43.22%

NANCY RILEY 40,215 23.47%

SCOTT PRUITT 57,084 33.31%

STATE TREASURER 2195 OF 2249

DANIEL KEATING 68,005 39.86%

HOWARD BARNETT 102,584 60.14%

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2195 OF 2249

TAHL WILLARD 33,867 21.95%

BILL CASE 120,422 78.05%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 5 340 OF 340

DENISE BODE 9,137 18.93%

KEVIN CALVEY 4,867 10.08%

JOHNNY B. ROY 1,375 2.85%

MICK CORNETT 11,715 24.27%

MARY FALLIN 16,688 34.57%

FRED MORGAN 4,491 9.30%

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT NO. 16 36 OF 36

RON DAVIS 1,738 52.05%

WAYNE MAXWELL 1,601 47.95%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 46 24 OF 24

SCOTT MARTIN 2,502 82.96%

JIM TIDMORE 514 17.04%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 91 16 OF 16

SHERYL JOHNSON 1,412 43.45%

MIKE REYNOLDS 1,838 56.55%

DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DISTRICT NO. 21 141 OF 141

GREG MASHBURN 10,477 63.24%

TIM D. KUYKENDALL 6,090 36.76%

Republican primary -- Cleveland County

GOVERNOR

JAMES A. WILLIAMSON 943

ERNEST ISTOOK 8632

JIM EVANOFF 546

BOB SULLIVAN 3,593

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

TODD HIETT 6,037

NANCY RILEY 3,201

SCOTT PRUITT 4,224

STATE TREASURER

DANIEL KEATING 4,932

HOWARD BARNETT 8,519

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

TAHL WILLARD 2,668

BILL CASE 9,558

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT NO. 16

RON DAVIS 1,494

WAYNE MAXWELL 1,421

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 46

SCOTT MARTIN 2,066

JIM TIDMORE 402

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT NO. 91

SHERYL JOHNSON 1,185

MIKE REYNOLDS 1,555

DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DISTRICT NO. 21

GREG MASHBURN 8,937

TIM D. KUYKENDALL 4,856

COUNTY COMMISSION, DISTRICT NO. 1

BILL GRAVES 1,990

RANDY ROGERS 3,215

RONALD D. CALVERY 890

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