Roberts, Simpson Win
Nomination For Dist. 14 State Senate Race

 

Darryl Roberts (Democrat)

 

Frank Simpson (Republican)

 

First Round Of Elections To Begin Next Tuesday

 

by Donna John, Times-Democrat staff

In light voting, Murray County voters on Tuesday gave a slight nudge to Democrat Donna Spring and Republican Frank Simpson, both of Ardmore. But when all 61 of the precincts reported in district wide, Democrat Darryl Roberts, and Republican Frank Simpson, both of Ardmore, moved to victory as their party's District 14 State Senate nominee.

Roberts beat Spring by the narrow margin of 3665 to 3343 while Simpson beat Loard for the Republican nominee, 1,611 to 869.

Roberts and Simpson will now head to the November general election to determine a winner

In other voting, local voters picked Republican Randy Brogdon and Democrat Jari Askins as their choice for governor. However, that race is far from settled.

County voters also picked Tom Coburn as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator. He will face either Jim Rogers or Mark Myles, both Democrats, in the November general election.

Local voters also chose by a big margin Republican Tom Cole as their choice for U.S. Representative in District 4.

In another race of note, County Democrats picked Janet Barresi as their nominee for Supt. of Pubic Instruction while Republicans voted for Democrat Susan Paddack.