Following the announcement of an agreement to preserve Oklahoma's senior nutrition programs, Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Todd Goodman released the following statement. [read more...]

State budget negotiations are better done behind closed doors, according to one Republican leader. Rep. Ken Miller, who serves as chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee, on Wednesday declared that budget negotiations, most of which take place behind closed doors among a small group of officials, are transparent enough. [read more...]

Though the chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party hasbeen on the record bragging that the GOP will make a “clean sweep” of statewideoffices in this year’s elections, the candidates’ fundraising tells a differentstory. For the top two offices - Governor and Lt. Governor, both of which are open seats - Democrats areoutraising Republicans nearly two to one. [read more...]

Calling Rep. Mary Fallin “out of touch with common-sense values,” Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Todd Goodman today criticized the Congresswoman for her response to an attempted illegal phone tap at a U.S. Senator’s office. [read more...]

At least three of Oklahoma's gubernatorial candidates do not support a state question to increase per-pupil spending to the regional average.  Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Attorney General Drew Edmondson, both Democrats, and Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, said they support funding for common education but that the regional-average requirement would hurt other functions of state government. [read more...]

Todd Goodman, chairman of the Oklahoma State Democratic Party and vice-chair of the Caddo Nation, released the following statement in response to RNC Chairman Michael Steele's use of a derogatory expression toward Native Americans earlier this week. On Fox News, Steele stated, "Our platform is one of the best political documents that's been written in the last 25 years, honest Injun on that." [read more...]

Though Tom Coburn claims to understand the importance of protecting our borders from terrorists, his votes in Washington paint a different story, Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Todd Goodman said today. [read more...]

oday, in a historic Christmas Eve session, the Senate voted to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  The bill passed with unanimous support from Democrats despite weeks of Republican stall tactics and attempts to keep the bill from coming to a vote.  In response, Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Todd Goodman released the following statement. [read more...]

With negotiations over important details of a Senate health care plan in full swing, Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Todd Goodman today challenged Sen. Jim Inhofe to drop his planned trip to Copenhagen and instead read the pending bill and its amendments. [read more...]