Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, is likely to secure another term in Congress after winning his district’s Republican primary on June 18.
Mr. Cole, who’s represented Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District since 2002, won his primary contest over four GOP contenders. The Associated Press called the race a little more than a half hour after polls closed at 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
According to the unofficial results published by the Oklahoma State Election Board, Mr. Cole defeated his main Republican rival, Paul Bondar, and three other candidates —Andrew Hayes, Nick Hankins, and Rick Whitebear Harris— by a significant margin. As of about 8 p.m. CDT, with more than 25 percent of all precincts reporting, Mr. Cole had captured 66.2 percent of the vote….
