Muskogee Phoenix

Sep
Boren endorses Drew
Edmondson for governor
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2018

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By Caleb Slinkard enced politician and an
101% CNHI Oklahoma amateur.
“We need to elect
NORMAN, Okla. — someone who has a
David Boren made his proven track record for
first significant foray standing up to special
back into state politics interests and getting
after serving as the the right things done
president of OU for more for Oklahomans,” Boren
than two decades when said. “We don’t have to
he endorsed Democratic guess what kind of gov-
gubernatorial candidate ernor Drew would be.”
Drew Edmondson in a Boren emphasized
press conference Thurs- Edmondson’s support
day morning. of the teacher walkout
The endorsement and education funding,
itself is not surprising, contrasting that support
considering Boren, a with Stitt, who said in
former Oklahoma gov- the spring he wouldn’t
ernor and U.S. senator, have signed a package
is one of the most prom- “without reform” that
inent Democrats in the was projected to raise
state. Boren cast the $475 million in tax reve-
gubernatorial race be- nues for education fund-
tween Edmondson and ing increases.
Republican candidate Caleb Slinkard is
Kevin Stitt as a contest editor for The Norman
between a safe, experi- Transcript.
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