Larry Swager
Larry Swager was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 61 of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2014
Swager's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Water and its reuse
- Excerpt: "Have our own water district."
Tax transparency
- Excerpt: "No one likes paying taxes, but understands that’s part of living in our country, however, not knowing where those taxes go, and how much in relation our district is sending to Oklahoma City vs. how much we get back is a very important."
Education
- Excerpt: "I would like to see more local control. We know what we need to teach our children so that they can compete in this world. I would like to see No federal input, and just some state involvement. Local control."
Infrastructure
- Excerpt: "Roads, bridges, transmission lines. This goes back to Tax transparency. Also the Keystone pipeline that President Obama has now put on hold indefinitely."
Second Amendment
Elections
2014
Elections for the Oklahoma House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 11, 2014. Casey Murdock and Kenny Tapp defeated Larry Swager, Steve Moore and David Elder in the Republican primary. Murdock defeated Tapp in the August 26 Republican runoff, leaving him unchallenged in the general election.[2][3][4]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Larry + Swager + Oklahoma + House"
See also
- Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Oklahoma State Legislature
- Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Oklahoma House of Representatives District 61
External links
- Official campaign website
- Larry Swager on Facebook
- Larry Swager on Twitter
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ larryhswager.wix.com, "Main page," accessed June 4, 2014
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Candidates for State Elective Officials 2014," accessed April 15, 2014
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results Statewide Primary Election — June 24, 2014," accessed July 10, 2014
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official General Election Results, Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races — November 4, 2014," accessed November 5, 2014