TOP HEADLINES
State Question 777, known as Right to Farm, voted down:
Oklahomans have overwhelmingly voted down a measure known as the “Right to Farm” [News 9].
State Question 777: See how precincts voted on Right to Farm:
View the Tulsa World’s map of precincts and how Oklahomans voted on SQ 777 [Tulsa World].
Voters select Trump:
Republican nominee Donald Trump is now officially president-elect Donald Trump [Agri-Pulse].
What Trump win means for agriculture:
Trump, who doesn’t have a record on agriculture policy, has pledged to keep the farm bill together, go big on infrastructure, slash regulations and re-negotiate trade deals [Politico].
STATE
Sen. Lankford, four Oklahoma congressmen secure new terms:
U.S. Sen. James Lankford, a former church camp director who ran his first political race just six years ago, easily won a full six-year term on Tuesday, and four Oklahoma congressmen were re-elected [The Oklahoman].
Republicans and incumbents win big:
Oklahoma voters were not looking for much change in the state Legislature Tuesday night [Tulsa World].
Voters defeat sales tax for education; alcohol law reform easily passes:
Oklahoma voters dealt educators a bitter defeat on Tuesday, turning down a 1 percent education sales tax by a wide margin [Tulsa World].
Oil and gas revenue up for first time in almost two years:
October gross production collections of $35.1 million were above October 2015 collections by $2.9 million, or 8.9 percent. The last such increase was in December 2014, when receipts totaled $72.1 million [The Oklahoman].
FEDERAL
Inhofe leads 21 senators, 67 representatives in filing amicus brief to vacate EPA’s WOTUS rule:
The amicus brief is in support of petitions for review filed by 31 states and 57 municipal and industry petitioners seeking to overturn the EPA final rule identified as Final Rule: Clean Water Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States,” 80 Fed. Reg. 37,054, published June 29, 2015, also known as the “WOTUS Rule” [Senate EPW Committee].
