Tuesday, voters in Oklahoma’s 32d Senate District went to the polls in a special election to replace former senator John Montgomery, a moderate Republican, who resigned earlier in the year to run the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce. The winner was Elgin, OK, businessman and pastor of the Southern Baptist Convention affiliated Grace Community Church Dusty Deevers. What makes the election of Deevers noteworthy is that he swept to an 11-point win over Democrat Larry Bush, a Lawton insurance agent running on a platform of applying Christian moral principles to governance. In contrast, Bush ran on education, crime control, criminal justice reform, access to health care, and the economy.
BREAKING: @DustyDeevers won the Oklahoma State Senate special election!
55% @DustyDeevers
45% @LarryBushForOK pic.twitter.com/1Bmb9zYual— Ben Zeisloft (@BenZeisloft) December 13, 2023
Yes, Dusty…
