Mazzei Beat Drummond. The Trump Endorsement Mattered. What Does It All Mean?!?!
Yesterday, the Republication runoff election featured a zebra in Oklahoma politics, the moderate Republican Gentner Drummond, and what’s become more commonplace than a Big Gulp cup littering the shoulder of I-35, the MAGA Republican Mike Mazzei.
This was Oklahoma’s best chance to elect a reasonable governor since 2011. And what happened? Mike Mazzei won by 2,020 votes.
In today’s podcast, Ryan breaks down the real impact of Trump’s endorsement, the growing gulf between registered Republicans and Democrats in Oklahoma, Drummond’s campaign mistakes, and what a term with Mike Mazzei might mean…
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