Oklahoma Republican Party
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Oklahoma Republican Party
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| Chairperson | Pam Pollard |
| Vice chair | Estela Hernandez |
| Senate Leader |
Brian Bingman (Sapulpa) |
| House Leader | Jeff W. Hickman |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Dewey F. Barlett Center 4031 N. Lincoln Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73105 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
| Unofficial colors | Red |
| Seats in the US Senate |
2 / 2
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| Seats in the US House |
5 / 5
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| Oklahoma statewide offices held |
11 / 11
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| Seats in the OK Senate |
40 / 48
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| Seats in the OK House |
72 / 101
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| Oklahoma Republican Party | |
The Oklahoma Republican Party is a political party affiliated with the United States Republican Party (GOP). Along with the Oklahoma Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties in Oklahoma politics.
As of the November 2012 elections, Republicans have a supermajority in both the Oklahoma Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives, hold all statewide offices, and all Congressional seats in both the House and Senate. This accomplishment is notwithstanding that the Republicans have fewer registered voters in the state than the Democrats (as of January 15, 2014, there are 854,329 registered Republican voters in Oklahoma, compared to 885,609 Democratic voters and 238,874 voters registered as independent or with other parties).
The current chair of the state party is Pam Pollard.
The Oklahoma Republican Party headquarters is located on North Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City. Additionally, the state party has a Tulsa office on East 51st Street. They host the biennial state conventions in odd-numbered years, in which they elect executive officers and delegates to the Republican National Committee.
The state party coordinates campaign activities with Republican candidates and county parties and receives some funding from the national GOP organizations.
The Oklahoma Republican Party takes its roots from the territorial period, gaining a larger portion of its support from the Northwestern part of the state, where migrants from the state of Kansas brought with them Republican political leanings of the time. For most of Oklahoma history, the Oklahoma Republican Party has the fewest members in the old Indian Territory or the area located in the Southeast.
Republicans held the American presidency during most of the territorial period, resulting in the appointments of Republican territorial governors. Despite the dominance of Republicans as governor and delegate, the two main parties had almost reached parity in the territorial legislature by statehood.
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