The battle lines have never been more clear in what is shaping up as a historic general election next week with all signs pointing to a massive turnout.
For Murray County voters, the big race will, of course, be between former Republican President, Donald J. Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, and sitting Democratic Vice President, Kamala D. Harris, and her running mate, Tim Walz.
Also on the ballot in Oklahoma are two sets of Independent presidential candidates (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. with VP Nicole Shanahan, and Chris Garrity with VP Cody Ballard) and one Libertarian candidate (Chase Oliver with VP Mike Ter Matt).
But the big show will be between the Trump and Harris.
Those campaigns are being waged in the national media on a daily basis and throughout social media organizations as we move ever closer to the Nov. 5 General Election.
While there are no local Murray County races on the ballot in this election cycle, Republican Congressman Tom Cole, a longtime officeholder in the fourth U.S. Congressional District, is facing a challenge from Democratic candidate Mary Brannon and Independent James Stacy.
Except for the judicial retention portion of the ballot and a couple of state questions, there is only one other race for Murray County voters to ponder in this election and that is for corporation commissioner.
Three candidates are vying for that position. They include Harold D Spradling (Democrat), J. Brian Bingman (Republican), and Chad Williams (Libertarian).
State Questions
There are two state questions on the ballot for the general election, one involving the creation of public infrastructure districts with the ability to issue bonds to pay for all or part of all improvements by and for the district, and the other clarifying in the Oklahoma Constitution that only citizens of the United States are qualified to vote in this state.
State Question 833 is the infrastructure measure and State Question 834 is voting clarification law in Oklahoma.
The infrastructure measure would allow a newly created district to issue up 10 mills assessment on property owners within that district.
Judicial Retention
There are also a host of Oklahoma Supreme Court justices, and judges of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals and the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals for voter consideration with a yes-no vote.
