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In a head-to-head with Attorney General Drew Edmondson, Fallin leads by 15 points. The poll predicts a 13 point win if she faces Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins. There's only one guaranteed winner in the latest poll in the race for Oklahoma governor. SoonerPoll predicted the likely match-ups and found Republican Congresswoman Mary Fallin is a favorite to win against either Democratic challenger. In a head-to-head with Attorney General Drew Edmondson, Fallin leads by 15 points. The poll predicts a 13 point win if she faces Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins. Fallin looks like a shoo-in in the Republican primary, leading her...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Things are getting pretty hot and heavy out there in the wake of this week’s ObamaCare vote and Oklahoma’s gubernatorial race has been pulled into the fray. Since the House voted for ObamaCare earlier this week, followed by the president signing it into law, the reaction from ObamaCare supporters, Tea Party activists and everyone in between has been growing. Between shots allegedly fired at Republican Rep. Eric Cantor’s Virginia office to a coffin allegedly placed in front of Democrat Rep. Russ Carnahan’s Missouri home, things appear increasingly on edge. Here in Oklahoma there is a particularly interesting...

From News Radio 1000 KTOK in Oklahoma City "Mullins in the morning talks to Rep. Mary Fallin (R) is asked about the push to pass healthcare this week. She is fighting for the people to help stop this horrid legislation. "From what I hear about the vote on Sunday night they are still 9 to 12 votes away from having enough votes for passage...abortion remains the snag...there is not bipartisanship FOR the bill amoungst the Dems.!" says Fallin.

STURGIS, S.D. — Aerosmith's Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries in a tumble from the stage at a South Dakota show, a concert spokesman said Thursday, and the audience thought it was part of his hipshaking act until he didn't get up. Tyler, 61, fell while entertaining the crowd by dancing around as the sound crew replaced a fuse that blew during the song "Love in an Elevator," said Mike Sanborn, spokesman for the Buffalo Chip Campground, which hosted the Wednesday night concert. An amateur video showed him spinning around before falling off the stage.

Capitol Hill lawmakers still brag about the federal dollars and projects they bring home. But in an age of taxpayer-financed bailouts and massive budget deficits, members are increasingly on the defensive about pork-barrel spending. Pet projects are targets for charges of government waste during tough economic times, and earmarks stuffed into appropriations bills smack of Washington backroom dealing. Republicans, laboring to re-establish the party's reputation for fiscal restraint, are bearing the brunt of the criticism and being hit from all sides. Rep. Mary Fallin, a Republican contender in the 2010 Oklahoma governor's race, was criticized last week by her primary...

DEL CITY – U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin answered the question most delegates to today’s Oklahoma County Republican Convention wanted to know: She is running for governor in 2010. When introducing Fallin, Pam Pollard, outgoing chairman of the Oklahoma County Republican Party, asked the two-term congresswoman whether she was forgoing a third term to seek the governor’s office. “I’ve had to make some pretty tough decisions on behalf of our nation the last couple of years, but when it comes to making decisions about the future of Oklahoma and the leadership of Oklahoma and the governor of Oklahoma, my answer is...

Mary Fallin (R) 62% David Hunter (D) 33% Woodson (I) 3% Undecided 2% 435 Likely Voters MOE +/- 4.7%

Results Mary Fallin 30 (current Lt. Governor) Mick Cornett 25 (mayor of Oklahoma City) Denise Bode 24 (one of Oklahoma's three Corporation Commissioners) Kevin Calvey 9 (State Representative from OKC) Fred Morgan 6 (State Representative from OKC) Johnny Roy 2 (doctor from Edmond)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts hasn't ruled out running for governor next year but he said he wasn't ready to make a decision. ''I have been encouraged to do it, and I pay attention to the people who are encouraging me to do it because they've been great friends of mine,'' Watts told The Oklahoman's Washington bureau during a telephone interview on Friday. Watts, a Republican, served as 4th Congressional District representative from 1995 to 2003 in the U.S. House. He now runs the J.C. Watts Cos., which do government affairs and business consulting work in...