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Scott Esk
Scott Esk (Republican Party) ran for election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 87. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on August 23, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87
Ellyn Hefner defeated Gloria Banister in the general election for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ellyn Hefner (D) | 60.4 | 5,362 |
| Gloria Banister (R) | 39.6 | 3,511 | ||
| Total votes: 8,873 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87
Gloria Banister defeated Scott Esk in the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gloria Banister | 57.9 | 879 | |
 | Scott Esk | 42.1 | 638 | |
| Total votes: 1,517 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ellyn Hefner advanced from the Democratic primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87
Scott Esk and Gloria Banister advanced to a runoff. They defeated Valerie Walker in the Republican primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Esk | 37.0 | 605 |
| ✔ | Gloria Banister | 35.7 | 583 | |
| Valerie Walker | 27.3 | 447 | ||
| Total votes: 1,635 | |||
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2014
Elections for the Oklahoma House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 11, 2014. Trey Puckett was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Chris Kannady defeated Chad Olsen, Scott Esk, David Monlux and Jon Painter. Kannady defeated Puckett in the general election.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Chris Kannady |
76.8% | 7,504 | |
| Democratic | Trey Puckett | 23.2% | 2,272 | |
| Total Votes | 9,776 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Chris Kannady |
53.4% | 2,182 |
| Jon Painter | 35.6% | 1,453 |
| Scott Esk | 5.3% | 216 |
| Chad Olsen | 5% | 204 |
| David Monlux | 0.8% | 32 |
| Total Votes | 4,087 | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Scott Esk did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Esk's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Guns
- Excerpt: "I am against requiring a license to exercise a God-given right. I am for nullification legislation that maintains the 2nd Amendment’s prohibition from federal interference with guns. I am against any law that would make weapons manufacturers liable for crime committed with their products."
Abortion
- Excerpt: "I am totally against abortion, and consider it murder of an innocent human being. I am for nullifying the infamous Roe v Wade decision, and examining Oklahoma law to make sure it is 100% pro life, and leading in the movement to punish abortionists severely for their committing of murder."
Marriage & Divorce
- Excerpt: "There are 12 grounds for divorce in OK, and the 1 of incompatibility is used more than all the others combined. It’s the only 1 that needs no wrong-doing to be demonstrated. I am eager to abolish this as a ground for divorce, even if it has to be chipped away slowly, but let’s make divorce a scandalous thing, and very rare again."
Business
- Excerpt: "Oklahoma is more than capable of exercising whatever regulation it thinks should be exerted on businesses. I will favor matters of alleged harm to be dealt with by the courts, as I mentioned above. Having a plethora of burdensome regulations mostly results in a higher cost of doing business, which is passed on to the consumer, and rarely has an appreciable effect on the accountability of a business."
Taxes and Spending
- Excerpt: "I vow here and now not to support any budget with even one penny that is not part of a proper role of government. This includes every budget I’ve ever seen passed in Oklahoma. If more Legislators acted this way, we’d see some major cuts in spending, and a much-needed rethinking of the proper role of government!"
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Oklahoma House of Representatives District 87 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Candidates for State Elective Officials 2014," accessed April 15, 2014
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results Statewide Primary Election — June 24, 2014," accessed July 10, 2014
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official General Election Results, Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races — November 4, 2014," accessed November 5, 2014
- ↑ Ask for Esk, "Platform," accessed June 5, 2014
