Republicans David Bell and Randall Reese are up on Tuesday, as are democrat (and past incumbent) David Patrick faces incumbent Roscoe Turner on Tuesday. The winner of each race will meet in the general.
Thoughts?
Just guessing that Patrick will end up with this seat again. I'd think the people of D-3 would finally be ready for new representation.
Roscoe is a great guy and a friend, but it's time for him to move on. He's just not as sharp as he used to be.
Quote from: Conan71 on September 09, 2011, 03:49:29 PM
Just guessing that Patrick will end up with this seat again. I'd think the people of D-3 would finally be ready for new representation.
Roscoe is a great guy and a friend, but it's time for him to move on. He's just not as sharp as he used to be.
This is my new district, previous was district five and Chris Trail.
Quote from: Conan71 on September 09, 2011, 03:49:29 PM
Just guessing that Patrick will end up with this seat again.
If David Patrick doesn't, look who will:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=334&articleid=20110724_11_A19_CUTLIN29386
District 3: Republican David Bell, 66, a former law enforcement officer, has had his run-ins with the law.
Last October, he was arrested by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office for obstructing justice.
Bell said he was trying to help his son remove personal belongings from his son's foreclosed home.
When the sheriff deputy limited the time for removal, Bell stepped in, announced he was a retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and flashed a badge, according to the booking record.
When the deputy told Bell to leave or face arrest, Bell said: "Arrest me. I will have your job. I know (Sheriff) Stanley Glanz," the record shows. Bell was arrested.
When Bell was 28 and a Catoosa police officer, he was found guilty of violating the constitutional rights of a Coweta man by striking him. He received six months of probation.
While in the Claremore hospital trying to draw blood from a man he arrested, "he reared up and started a fight, so I hit him. That's what happened," Bell said He said the nurses at the hospital pushed for charges to be filed against him.
"They didn't realize that I was trying to save their emergency room and their tail ends," Bell said.
Shortly after, Bell said, he quit his job.
"I came from a (Tulsa Police Department) background. When I went out there and it was like going into a third-world country to me, kind of like my neighborhood here is now," Bell said. "I decided to bring my family back to Tulsa."
Bell said he was a Tulsa reserve auxiliary K-9 police officer.
Quote from: patric on September 13, 2011, 11:13:02 PM
If David Patrick doesn't, look who will:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=334&articleid=20110724_11_A19_CUTLIN29386
District 3: Republican David Bell, 66, a former law enforcement officer, has had his run-ins with the law.
Last October, he was arrested by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office for obstructing justice.
Bell said he was trying to help his son remove personal belongings from his son's foreclosed home.
When the sheriff deputy limited the time for removal, Bell stepped in, announced he was a retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and flashed a badge, according to the booking record.
When the deputy told Bell to leave or face arrest, Bell said: "Arrest me. I will have your job. I know (Sheriff) Stanley Glanz," the record shows. Bell was arrested.
When Bell was 28 and a Catoosa police officer, he was found guilty of violating the constitutional rights of a Coweta man by striking him. He received six months of probation.
While in the Claremore hospital trying to draw blood from a man he arrested, "he reared up and started a fight, so I hit him. That's what happened," Bell said He said the nurses at the hospital pushed for charges to be filed against him.
"They didn't realize that I was trying to save their emergency room and their tail ends," Bell said.
Shortly after, Bell said, he quit his job.
"I came from a (Tulsa Police Department) background. When I went out there and it was like going into a third-world country to me, kind of like my neighborhood here is now," Bell said. "I decided to bring my family back to Tulsa."
Bell said he was a Tulsa reserve auxiliary K-9 police officer.
Patrick will probably get it anyway; D3 has always been shown to be fairly heavily Democrat. Plus, with the addition of my square mile in it now (Admiral to 11th, Memorial to Mingo) it's sure to pick up even more Dems.