Camal Pennington won the Oklahoma City Council Ward 7 seat in a runoff election on Tuesday. He garnered 2,798 votes (64.5%), while his opponent, John Pettis Jr., received 1,543 votes (35.5%), according to unofficial election results. Pennington maintained a lead over Pettis Tuesday night as results came in.
Curriculum experts suggest that partisan framing within the subject can compromise students’ skill-building in analytical and critical thinking.
Oklahoma County residents voted in Camal Pennington on Tuesday night to represent Ward 7 of the City Council. With the Oklahoma State Election Board showing 100 percent of precincts reporting as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, Pennington claimed just over 64% of the vote while opponent John A. Pettis Jr. took in just over 35% of votes.
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The results are in for several local elections that took place in the area. If passed, the county would renew an existing eighth-of-a-cent sales tax, one that supports senior citizens across the county. The proposition will set aside $725,000 to be used for construction, repairs, and remodels on the school itself.
State Democrats want to send Oklahoma’s new social studies standards back to the drawing board. The standards require the approval of the state legislature before they become official.
Oklahomans in 71 of the state’s 77 counties will head to the polls on April 1 to decide on legislative primaries in both chambers, city council races, school board seats and more.