Oklahoma legislators who opposed teacher pay bill are voted out

[Julian Englis]

Source: CNN

Six Oklahoma House representatives who voted against the state's teacher pay bill lost their primary runoff elections on Tuesday night.

"Instead of making our case at the steps of the Capitol, we have the opportunity to make our voices heard at the ballot box," Oklahoma Education Association President Alicia Priest said on April 12, after teachers in the state went on strike for nine days.

The teachers and their supporters appear to have followed through.

Of the 19 legislators who voted against the teacher pay bill in the state House, 15 now won't be returning to Oklahoma City next year: Eight lost their primaries, four are not running for office and three are leaving because of term limits.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/29/politics/oklahoma-primary-teachers-trnd/index.html

[Scurrilous]

1. Good news!

[efhmc]

2. Wow!

When people understand that they do have power. we will have change.

[Leghorn21]

3. Yeah bye y'all

[procon]

4. And they're probably blaming everyone else but themselves. nt

[iluvtennis]

5. Way to go Oklahomians - you voted them out. nt

[Midnight Writer]

6. So...did they lose because they were too conservative or not conservative enough?

[rpannier]

7. Probably because teachers are a fairly large constituency

And they probably voted against these people

[lagomorph777]

11. Organized crossovers in the primary

Interesting strategy if you can make it work!

[rpannier]

13. It may help that the republikkan running for governor of Oklahoma said

he wouldn't have signed the pay raise

[lark]

8. Hurray for sanity, even in an insane area.

So proud of the people of OK for this action. Show the PUtin/drumpf followers that this is our country and we have a right to have decent teachers and they deserve to be paid a decent wage. Anyone opposing this, does so at their own risk and even PUtin/drumpf won't save their sorry asses.

[Aristus]

9. Good.

My cousin is a public school teacher in Oklahoma. She's ecstatic.

After years of my bemoaning her right-wing stance on so many issues (can't figure it out; she's the sweetest, most loving person in the world; not a hateful bone in her body), Trump and the war on education have pulled her to the left at last.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. This could be turned into an episode of "Schoolhouse Rock." NT

[riversedge]

12. You go OKLAHOMA!!