I wrote about the Republican primary in Oklahoma’s fifth congressional district ten days ago, and didn’t note its results. Lieutenant governor Mary Fallin came in first, as the polls suggested she would; and Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett, who was gaining ground when I wrote, came in second. The runoff is Aug. 22. Cornett is generally regarded as the more conservative of the two, but several of the losing candidates from the first round have endorsed Fallin.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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