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Rick Harris
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Rick Harris (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 18, 2024.
Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rick Harris was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Harris served in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps until 2019. He earned a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 1980 and a graduate degree from Des Moines University in 1994. His career experience includes working as a physician.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)
Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4
Incumbent Tom Cole defeated Mary Brannon and James Stacy in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Cole (R) | 65.2 | 199,962 |
 | Mary Brannon (D)  | 28.3 | 86,641 | |
 | James Stacy (Independent) | 6.5 | 19,870 | |
| Total votes: 306,473 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Austin Nieves (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4
Mary Brannon defeated Kody Macaulay in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Brannon | 60.7 | 8,532 |
 | Kody Macaulay | 39.3 | 5,530 | |
| Total votes: 14,062 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4
Incumbent Tom Cole defeated Paul Bondar, Andrew Hayes, Rick Harris, and Nick Hankins in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Cole | 64.6 | 40,393 |
 | Paul Bondar | 25.8 | 16,127 | |
 | Andrew Hayes | 4.1 | 2,551 | |
 | Rick Harris | 3.5 | 2,171 | |
 | Nick Hankins | 2.0 | 1,257 | |
| Total votes: 62,499 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rick Harris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harris' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a Native American of the Kiowa and Creek tribes, (registered Kiowa) born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Graduated from Arizona State University with a BS in Nursing and worked as an RN while completing pre-med classes. I graduated Osteopathic medical school at Des Moines University in Des Moines IA. I am a retired physician, specifically a Family Medicine Specialist. I spent my career in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS), serving in isolated clinics in the Indian Health Service (IHS) (as far as the IHS headquarters as possible). These clinics included Native American reservations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Kansas, as well as my home tribal area in Carnegie, Oklahoma, at Carnegie Indian Health Clinic, where I spent my last 17 years. I am a husband to a beautiful and devoted Catholic woman of Philippine descent. A proud father to: an OU graduate who is currently a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the Oklahoma National Guard and a local attorney; a daughter of an OSU graduate (currently in pursuit of a Master's in Mental Health Counseling) and Army Reserve Officer; and a daughter who is pursuing a trade school certification in welding, likely to pursue general contracting (and to make more money than all of us).
- I have decided to run for U.S. Congress, 4th District, as I believe our country was founded on Christian principles which have long since been set aside. The farther from our Founding Fathers deep convictions of hard fought freedoms we stray the closer we draw to frank Communism. A failed societal model without any freedom of religion and has no grounding in our greatest desires and steadfast belief of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A Judeo-Christian social order and way of life so willingly given to us by the sacrifices of American patriots who laid out our future by giving their very lives as guided by their unyielding faith in God.
- Conservatives must regain control of our government our Republican party and greatly reduce the size of government and budget. End foreign wars and return the sanctity of our children's classrooms with the return to regular classes without the intrusion of inappropriate sexual content.
- The responsibilities of our elected representatives are to keep the principles of the US Constitution and the conservative promises made to their electorate. Following the wishes of other elected officials or donors is not their purpose nor their right. We the people send our representatives to follow the honorable and ethical objectives they were task with and to carry them out with the same purpose and discretion as any single constituent would had they the authority.
All areas of public policy delineated the the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
My son and my daughters are my heroes.
The Bible,(KJV), The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo, The New Consciousness, Unitive Spirituality and Self Knowledge and Social Action all by Dr. Obadiah Silas Harris, PhD. The End of Everything, Victor Davis Hanson. American Marxism and The Democrat Party Hates America both by Mark R. Levin. Unwoke, How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America by Ted Cruz (US Senator). Privacy is Power, Carissa Veliz. Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble. Blood Money, Peter Schweizer. Movies, Day the Earth Stood Still (original), I Robot, The Greatest Story Ever Told and Ben-Hur. Casablanca, Star Wars and Star Trek movies, The Music Man, action movies of Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise and Bruce Willis, TV series The Right Stuff, the comedy of Peter Sellers, and of course the movies of John Wayne.
Honesty to self and to others. Strength to carry the burden of a hopeful and dedicated electorate. Foresight and steady perseverance to understand and overcome the endless contortions and writhing of a deceitful opposition. Unerring and tireless dedication to the law the US Constitution and the love of God as to all he holds dear.
Representatives need only have what the Founding Fathers had, the honest desire to serve God and the people and to “keep the republic” as it was given to us by our Founding Fathers and by God.
Setting the national agenda, civic engagement, managing societal conflicts inherent in different views and interests as Americans and the representatives own constituents are often ideologically divided and may require a firm but understanding leader to bring eventual resolution of differing policies. Teaching the electorate at every possible occasion of the function and lasting quality of compromise and how it brings trust and dispassionate neutrality to dissimilar and competing viewpoints.
To help move the government body politic from the far left, Socialism/Marxism to the center where most Americans live.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Nov. 22, 1963, Age 12,.
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. June 6th, 1968, Age 17
A&W, Shawnee, OK, one summer.
The Bible (KJV), nothing better.
Yoda, because he is so tall and handsome, (but it's probably just a Jedi mind trick).
Amazing Grace
Nothing really. The quiet answer comes, "Lets move forward together whatever the apparent obstacle".
The US House of Representatives was created as the peoples house and its representatives are closest to the people they represent and can therefore respond to their needs and requests. That is the way it was supposed to work. Congressional authority comes from the US Constitution and is listed in the enumerated powers of the Congress which are Judicial, Economic, National Security, Regulatory and Administrative powers. The framers of our Constitution did not want these powers in the hands of a single executive. In the textbook, American Democracy Now, B. Harrison, J. Harris, M. Deardorff explain the types of elected Representatives and how those Representatives vote is categorized into 3 models, the trustee model, the instructed model and the hybrid or politico model. In the trustee model the Representative votes as he/she wishes no matter what his/her constituents think because his/her vote is ‘for their own good’. In the instructed model, no matter what the representative thinks he/she votes as his/her constituents wish. Lastly there is the hybrid or politico model in which the representative can vote either way but obviously votes mostly under the trustee model following his/her own wishes. Do you know which model your representative uses or follows? It is actually easy to guess. In which direction has our republic headed over the last 2 decades? To the left and toward Socialism/Marxism or to the right? Which party has he/she been voting with? How did our national debt get north of 35 TRILLION DOLLARS? Who has been repeatedly been voting YES or AYE on the OMNIBUS and MINIBUS spending bills? Who or which party voted to reauthorize the FISA bill in order that government agencies can spy on the American citizens without a warrant? I don’t know about other Representatives but the incumbent of the 4th Congressional district or Oklahoma, Mr Cole has voted yes. Like you I have voted for Mr. Cole several times, no more. Time for a change.
No. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin had a second grade education, (later in life he was awarded several Doctorates). Representatives need only have what the Founding Fathers had, the honest desire to serve God and the people and to “keep the republic” as it was given to us by our Founding Fathers and by God.
After exiting the 1787 Convention Founding Father Benjamin Franklin was asked by Elizabeth Willing Powel, “Well, Doctor, (Benjamin Franklin), what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” To which he replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” With the exception of the Civil War our republic has never been under such direct and full on attack by Socialists and Marxists who with approval and acceptance have allied and embedded themselves with the Democratic party. At this point in history they, Socialists/Marxists, are not only directing the Democratic party but members of the executive branch as well. This new American “Tripartite Pact”, (reference to WWII Germany, Italy, Japan), though strong still requires additional assistance in the form of votes from the Republican Party. And assistance they have received. The greater part of the Republican party is made up of “uni-party Republicans” and the smaller portion is made up of conservative Republicans. God help us understand, the uni-party Republicans who vote with the Democrats/Socialists/Marxists over the last decade or two are dragging our Republic so far to the left no one knows where the center line is anymore and frank Communism is in sight. Our greatest challenge as ..”One Nation Under God”..is to remain so and to that end we must vote out uni-party Republicans (including the incumbent of US Congressional district #4 Mr. Cole), and regain a centrist balance to our government.
Yes. Representatives should be regularly accountable to their constituents. And we the people must know how and on whose behalf they are voting.
Yes. Term limits. Lack of term limits leaves Congress to act as they please without consideration of any repercussion. Individuals in powerful positions will never have the will or desire to police themselves.
Starting level of term limits should be similar to the working class and other government workers. 3 terms for Senate, 9 terms for Congress, 18 years total for each body.
Newton Leroy Gingrich, Byron Donalds, Jim Jordan, Chip Roy, Thomas Philip O'Neil (Tip O'Neil), Lauren Opal Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene
The destruction of families who have to bear the personal and life altering burden of the loss of beloved family members brought upon them by an open border, lawless criminals, uncaring Democratic/Socialist/Marxist government and uniparty Republicans who have turned the peoples house over to them.
Acne...
Compromise with a purpose. Compromise with the understanding that balance should be maintained with the 2 party system. When the people have voted one party over the other, the people have spoken and for a brief time that party will have dominance. What we used to call, and proudly so, the American peaceful transfer of power. That is not what has been happening. Twelve years of Obama/Biden's not so secret war on our republic has shown every American that the Democrats/Socialists/Marxists have no intent or desire for balance. One party Communism is the goal. One party with power and they will not stop they will not yield and they certainty will never compromise this goal. We conservatives must have equal and more resolve to vote for Representatives who understand this and will fight toe to toe, nose to nose against the members of the new “Tripartite Pact”, (Democrats/Socialists/Marxists) until balance is restored. So many uni-party Republicans love to quote President Ronald Reagan who is reported to have said that he would be willing to sign a bill that gave him 60, 70% of what he wanted. An admirable sentiment for his time. But President Reagan was talking about compromise with Thomas Philip O'Neil, (Tip O’ Neal), then speaker of the House and a real Democratic party. President Reagan NEVER compromised with Communists. “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”, President Reagan, June 12th, 1987. Where’s the compromise in that? Compromise, all Americans believe in compromise and fairness but compromise can only return when we fight for it, when we demand it from both parties.
For 3 plus years now the uni-party Republican members of the US House have repeatedly bellowed that they still have the power of the purse. The power of the purse. You and I and every American voter knows that the Democrat/Socialists/Marxists know exactly how to use that power and they have used it against all of us including those who so foolishly voted for them. But how have the uni-party Republicans who have been in control of that purse these past 3 years used that so called power. Of those who have misused their government authority, and some who have done blatantly illegal acts, either a person or an agency, of all of those, who has been held responsible in the form of loss of funds or had their funds held up? NADA, ZERO, NIEMAND. It is all to obvious that the only thing in the uni-party Republicans powerful purse is nothing but a powder puff. So, what I would do as a Representative is NEVER vote for ANY increase in taxes, and no increase in spending (without offset like using green new deal funds or IRS funds), until the national debt is G>O>N>E> gone. We should start with cutting the bloated government in HALF (except military, which must be de-woked).
Judiciously and with unwavering determination and devotion to the laws of the United States Constitution.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Joint Committee on Taxation, Science, Space and Technology Committee, Veterans Affairs, Budget and Homeland Security, Indian Affairs, Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
It is a great betrayal to hide from the people errant, unacceptable, and oppressively burdensome overspending as is has been done for decades in exorbitant omnibus spending bills. There can no longer be unreadable enormous end of year omnibus bills hiding billions from the tax payer and used on programs that a conservative would never vote for. There can no longer be government bureaucrats who preform lawless acts without any fear of legal retribution. There should never be any actions that are labeled top secret in any form as all forms of illegal actions hide in secrecy. The only top secret or above can only be military secrets. All other actions must become transparent, and everyone accountable for their actions.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
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