Over the past few weeks the Tulsa World has endorsed some, but not all, of the candidates and questions on Tuesday’s general election ballot. We list them here.
President
Mitt Romney, Republican
U.S. Congress
District 1, John Olson, Democrat; District 2, Rob Wallace, Democrat; District 3, Frank Lucas, Republican; District 4, Tom Cole, Republican.
State races
Senate: District 11, Jabar Shumate, Democrat.
House of Representatives: District 23, Shawna Keller, Democrat; District 71, Dan Arthrell, Democrat; District 72, Seneca Scott, Democrat; District 78, Jeannie McDaniel, Democrat.
Judicial retention
The World favors retaining all of the judges up for retention: Supreme Court, Noma D. Gurich, Yvonne Kauger, James E. Edmondson and Douglas L. Combs,; Court of Criminal Appeals, Clancy Smith, Arlene Johnson and David B. Lewis; Court of Civil Appeals, Thomas Thornbrugh, William G. Hetherington, Kenneth L. Buettner, Robert Bobby Bell and Bay Mitchell,
State questions
SQ 758, reducing the cap on annual property evaluations, No.
SQ 759, banning affirmative action in state employment, education and contracting, No.
SQ 762, removing the governor from the parole process for less-serious, non-violent crimes, Yes.
SQ 764, creating a $300 million bonding authority for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in the case of water and sewage treatment loan defaults, Yes.
SQ 765, eliminating the commission overseeing the Oklahoma Department of Health and Human Services and transferring its powers to the Legislature and governor, Yes.
SQ 766, exempting intangible property from corporations’ property taxes, Yes.
Tulsa County questions (Vision2)
Proposition 1, infrastructure/economic development, Yes.
Proposition 2, quality of life, Yes.
Osage County
County Commission, District 2, Scott Hilton, Democrat.
City of Tulsa
City Council, District 1, Jack Henderson, Democrat.
We list these endorsements here for our readers to use however they may. We urge all of our readers, whether they agree or disagree with our choices, to vote on Tuesday.
