As Oklahoma ramps up for a special election over the highly sought-after seat of retiring Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, another primary election looms for incumbent GOP Sen. James Lankford.
Nipping at Lankford's political heels is a Republican political novice who says a"debate is necessary" in the Republican primary to air concerns properly.
The Senate hopeful also accused Lankford of"mocking President Trump's border wall, proposing blanket amnesty for illegals, apologizing to the black community for even questioning the fraud on Jan. 6 — there's a lot there. And so a debate is necessary." In the letter, Lankford said he"cannot legally ignore any state's electors or change any state's votes," but he defended his willingness to"work to get answers to outstanding questions" about the electoral system.
A representative for Lankford also referred to a recent interview with the Oklahoman in which the senator compared Lahmeyer to Mark Sanford, a Republican who was the former governor of South Carolina and a congressman, who ran against Trump and used a cardboard cutout of the former president for mock debates during some events in 2019. Lankford said the candidate was so"low in polling" at the time that the debates were mocked as a"sideshow.
In fundraising, Lankford had $3 million in his campaign account at the end of 2021, nearly five times Lahmeyer's year-end total of $600,000, which was down to $71,508 at the end of December, according to Federal Election Commission records.
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