Big Story Breakdown: Oklahoma State Election Results

STORY BREAKDOWN TONIGHT, WE ARE DIGGING INTO ELECTION RESULTS COMING IN FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M WENDY SUARES AND I'M ADAM KING. >>ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT FOR OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENTS, A PROPOSED INCREASE TO THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX. FOX 25 TOM FERGUSON TRACKING THIS PROPOSAL AND SEVERAL OTHER RACES. TOM WHAT CAN YOU TELL US >>ADAM AND WENDY, WE CAN NOW REPORT THAT OKLAHOMA CITY VOTERS APPROVED AN INCREASE TO THE CITY'S HOTEL TAX. NOW, SUPPORTERS SAY THIS WILL HELP FUND TOURISM PROMOTION. GETTING MORE BIG EVENTS HERE AND HELP WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER AND FAIRGROUNDS. WE TALKED TO THE MAYOR JUST MINUTES AGO TO GET HIS REACTION >>GLAD THAT WE CAN GIVE THIS BOOST TO OUR VISITOR ECONOMY, WHICH HAS COME TO MEAN A LOT MORE TO OKLAHOMA CITY THAN IT EVER DID BEFORE, AND THAT WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT TAXING OUR RESIDENTS. IS IS OBVIOUSLY A WONDERFUL BONUS, BUT I THINK THE SECOND LEVEL THAT BRINGS ME HAPPINESS IS JUST THE FACT THAT OUR VOTERS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW A VISION FOR OUR CITY'S GROWTH >>NOW FOR A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT VOTERS DECIDED IN SOME CLOSELY WATCHED STATE, HOUSE AND STATE GOP RUNOFF ELECTIONS. NOW WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS HERE BREAKING WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. CHALLENGER JIM SHAW WON THE REPUBLICAN RUNOFF IN HOUSE DISTRICT 32. THE AREA COVERS LINCOLN, LOGAN AND PAYNE COUNTIES. HE TOOK OUT INCUMBENT KEVIN WALLACE, A POWERFUL LAWMAKER AT THE CAPITOL HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET COMMITTEE. CONCERN OVER PROPOSED WIND TURBINE EXPANSION WAS A KEY ISSUE IN THE RACE. THERE WAS NO DEMOCRAT RUNNING IN THIS ELECTION, SO TODAY'S WINNER IS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED THE SEAT NOW OVER IN HOUSE DISTRICT 98, THE TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES AREA, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CHALLENGER GABE WOOLEY DEFEATED INCUMBENT DEAN DAVIS. NOW DAVIS MADE HEADLINES LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THE WINNER FACES OFF AGAINST DEMOCRAT KATHY SMITH IN NOVEMBER NOW FOR THE STATE SENATE BREAKING ALSO WITHIN THE LAST HOUR IN DISTRICT 15. THAT'S THE CLEVELAND COUNTY AREA. LISA STANDRIDGE DEFEATED ROBERT KEYS ROB STANDRIDGE COULD NOT RUN AGAIN FOR REELECTION BECAUSE HE HIT HIS 12 YEAR TERM LIMIT. LISA IS HIS WIFE. THE WINNER WILL FACE DEMOCRAT ELIZABETH FOREMAN IN NOVEMBER. AND MOVING OVER TO DISTRICT 47 IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY WHEN WE LAST CHECKED, IT LOOKED LIKE KELLI HINES WAS ENJOYING A HEALTHY LEAD AGAINST JENNY SCHMIDT, THE HEAD OF THE STATE SENATE COULDN'T RUN AGAIN FOR THIS SEAT BECAUSE HE HIT HIS TERM LIMIT TWO. SCHMIDT GOT THE GOVERNORS AND SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD ENDORSEMENT. THE WINNER WILL GO UP AGAINST DEMOCRAT AARON BREWER IN THIS GENERAL ELECTION. NOW, RESULTS ARE CONTINUING TO COME IN HERE. CHECK BACK IN WITH US LATER TONIGHT AT TEN FOR THE VERY LATEST LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. TOM FERGUSON, FOX 25 NEWS. >>THANK UTAH. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LEGISLATIVE SEATS UP FOR GRABS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING THE HOUSE SEAT FOR DISTRICT 53 COVERS PARTS OF MOORE AND NORMAN CURRENTLY HELD BY MARK MCBRIDE, WHO SITS ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES INCLUDING APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET. EDUCATION. HOWEVER, MCBRIDE IS TURNING OUT TWO FOLKS ARE VYING FOR HIS SPOT. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS HERE. FORMER MOORE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JASON BLAIR HAS MORE THAN 60% OF THE VOTES, WHILE NICK POKORNY WHO IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CLEVELAND COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY JUST LESS THAN 40%. NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THIS SEAT BLAIR IS THE WINNER AND WILL SERVE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATURE. WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE RACE FOR DISTRICT 30 HOUSE SEAT, WHICH INCLUDES THE BLANCHARD GOLDSBY AND NEWCASTLE AREA. THE SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY SHERRY CONLEY, WHO DECIDED NOT TO SEEK REELECTION, AND THIS ONE DOWN TO THE WIRE FOLKS, A TWO VOTE SEPARATION LOCAL ELECTIONS. EVERY VOTE COUNTS. JONATHAN WILK CURRENTLY HAS 1668 OF THE VOTES. MIKE WHALEY HAS 1666 VOTES. THAT WINNER WILL FACE OFF WITH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE MITCHELL JACOB IN NOVEMBER. >>TWO CANDIDATES ARE VYING FOR THE DISTRICT 60 SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY REPRESENTATIVE RHONDA BAKER WHO DID NOT SEEK REELECTION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS. MIKE KELLY GETTING 65% OF THE VOTES TODAY RON LYNCH RECEIVED 35%. THIS MEANS KELLY TAKES THAT SEAT. SINCE THERE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT OR INDEPENDENT RUNNING. AND IN LOGAN COUNTY, THE DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONER POSITION IS UP FOR GRABS. BUT INCUMBENT CHARLIE MEADOWS IS HOPING TO HOLD ON TO THAT TUTTLE. HE'S GOING UP AGAINST FLOYD COFFMAN. THE TWO HAVE FACED OFF ON THE SAME BALLOT SINCE LAST YEAR. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS RIGHT NOW. SHOWING MEADOWS WITH 45% OF THE VOTES AND COFFMAN WINNING WITH 55%. THIS MEANS COFFIN WILL BE SWORN INTO OFFICE IN JANUARY FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM. WE'RE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON THE MAYORAL RACE IN TULSA. AFTER TWO TERMS, MAYOR G.T. BYNUM IS LEAVING THE POSITION AND NOW SEVEN PEOPLE ARE VYING FOR HIS SPOT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST FROM THE STATE ELECTION BOARD'S WEBSITE. MONROE, NICHOLS AND KAREN KEITH, CURRENTLY THE FRONT RUNNERS, LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL LIKELY GO TO A RUNOFF IN NOVEMBER IF NONE OF THOSE CANDIDATES EARN MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES TONIGHT, THOSE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS WILL GO ON A RUNOFF ON NOVEMBER 5TH. >>PIEDMONT VOTERS DECIDING THE FATE OF A BOND PACKAGE WORTH $16.7 MILLION. AND HERE'S THE RESULTS FOR THAT FIRST PROPOSITION THAT WOULD FUND STREET AND ROAD PROJECTS. MORE THAN 60% VOTE NO. UNDER 40% VOTED YES. THE SECOND PROPOSITION FOCUSED ON FUNDING FOR SPORTS AND REC FACILITIES. YOU GOT MORE THAN 85% OF PEOPLE VOTING AGAINST THAT MEASURE, AND THE LAST ONE WILL BRING THAT UP. WOULD FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. 74% VOTED NO ON THIS PROPOSITION. >>THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SCHOOL PROPOSITIONS BEING VOTED ON TONIGHT IN GUTHRIE, VOTERS DECIDED WHETHER TO BUILD A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS 72% VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSITION, WHILE 28% OF VOTERS WERE AGAINST IT. TWO LINDSAY PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPOSITIONS ALSO ON THE BALLOT TODAY. PROPOSITION ONE IS FOR A NEW MULTI-PURPOSE TRAINING FACILITY, AND THOSE RESULTS SHOWING PROPOSITION ONE PASSED WITH 64% VOTING IN FAVOR. PROPOSITION TWO PROVIDES $600,000 FOR BUSSES AND TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES. 74% OF VOTERS VOTING YES FOR THAT PROPOSITION 26% VOTING NO. >>A HINTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROPOSITION UP FOR A VOTE WHERE VOTERS ARE DECIDING WHETHER TO PASS A $23 MILLION BOND TO COVER THE COST OF ADDING A SHELTER TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TO COVER OTHER RENOVATIONS AS WELL. THIS PROPOSITION PASSED BUT CHECK THIS OUT. GOT FOUR VOTES SEPARATING THE YES AND THE NO'S HERE. SO A COUPLE OF REALLY CLOSE CALLS COMING IN AT THE WIRE HERE. VOTERS IN BLANCHARD ALSO DECIDING THE FATE OF A SCHOOL PROPOSITION THE $66 MILLION PROPOSAL WOULD PAY FOR A SAFE ROOM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORTS COMPLEXES FOR THE DISTRICT, AND YOU CAN SEE 48% VOTED YES ON THAT, 52% VOTING NO DOWN IN PURCELL VOTERS HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR TWO SCHOOL STORM SHELTERS AND OTHER RENOVATIONS. GOT THOSE RESULTS UP HERE FOR YOU 79% VOTING IN FAVOR OF THAT MEASURE. >>AND IN THE DEER CREEK FIRE DISTRICT, VOTERS ARE DECIDING ON A PROPOSED MILLAGE INCREASE THAT WOULD BRING THE RATE FROM 7 TO 10. THE FUNDS GENERATED FROM THE MILLAGE INCREASE WILL BE USED TO EXPAND DC FIRE STAFF AND BUILD A THIRD FIRE STATION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS. SHOWING 68% OF VOTERS VOTING YES FOR THAT INCREASE, 32% VOTING NO. VOTERS IN THE OAK CLIFF FIRE DISTRICT, LOCATED IN SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY ALSO VOTED TODAY ON A MILLAGE INCREASE. HERE'S A LOOK AT THOSE RESULTS. THAT PROPOSITION ALSO PASSED 79% TO 21%. AND THAT WAS YOUR BIG ST