Shawn Roberts

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Shawn Roberts

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 28, 2016

Contact

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Shawn Roberts was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Oklahoma. Roberts was defeated by incumbent Tom Cole in the Republican primary.

Elections

2016

See also: Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Tom Cole (R) defeated Christina Owen (D) and Sevier White (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cole defeated James Taylor and Shawn Roberts in the Republican primary, while Owen defeated Bert Smith to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Cole Incumbent	69.6%	204,143
	Democratic	Christina Owen	26.1%	76,472
	Libertarian	Sevier White	4.3%	12,574
Total Votes				293,189
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tom Cole Incumbent	71.4%	28,813
James Taylor	18.3%	7,398
Shawn Roberts	10.3%	4,151
Total Votes		40,362
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Christina Owen	62.2%	16,314
Bert Smith	37.8%	9,922
Total Votes		26,236
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Roberts' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Term Limits: A Gallup survey from January 2013 found that 75 percent of Americans, including huge majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, support term limits on Congress. If you elect me as your next congressional member of the House of Representative for Oklahoma District 4, I pledge that I will self-limit to a total of three terms served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Taxation: Taxation and over-regulation are destroying the American economy. Corporations relocate overseas in search of lower taxes and less regulation resulting in lost jobs for Americans. We need to incentivize American businesses to remain in the United States and allow foreign business interests to prosper here as well. Education: Education is the key to prosperity for current and future generations. In 2014 the United States was ranked 14th in the world for overall education and 32nd in High School literacy. The federal education system should be dismantled and all powers and control for education should be returned to the states and to the local level communities and school boards. Immigration: Legal Immigration into the United States of America is the backbone of who we are as a country and tells the story of where we came from as a blended people. Breaking immigration laws and refusing to uphold legal statutes isn't a badge of compassion as progressive activists would have you to believe, it's a crime against the American People.	”
—Shawn Roberts' campaign website, http://www.shawnrobertsok.com/#projects

Recent news

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2016
• Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District

External links

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• Campaign website
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Footnotes

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Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

James Lankford (R)

Markwayne Mullin (R)

Representatives

District 1

Kevin Hern (R)

District 2

Josh Brecheen (R)

District 3

Frank Lucas (R)

District 4

Tom Cole (R)

District 5

Stephanie Bice (R)

Republican Party (7)