In deep-red Oklahoma, GOP fights to regain lost seat
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Okla., speaks during a news conference in front of a post office in Oklahoma City. But Horn won't have the element of surprise in this year's contest against Republican state Sen. Stephanie Bice. โThis is not some right-wing paradise in Oklahoma City," said Mayor David Holt, who has avoided endorsing either candidate. โOklahoma City does not have the same profile as the state of Oklahoma, and Congresswoman Horn's election was probably the strongest statement yet that the city was changing and behaving, really, more like a big city." Holt, who was a Republican state senator before being elected Oklahoma City's mayor in 2018, said either the Democratic or Republican candidate would fit the city well.