Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Mullin wins republican nominee, Brecheen wins vacant seat
Teyte Holcomb News Editor
Shannon and Mullin, the victory went to Rep. Mullin with over 80% of votes. Madison Horn earned the Democratic nomination with win against Jason Bollinger, taking over 60% of the vote. The Associated Press declared Horn the winner at 7:41 p.m., shortly after claiming a win for Mullin at 7:35. To take Mullin’s seat, the vote was between Josh Brecheen R-OK and Avery Frix R-OK. In a 52 to 47% vote, Brecheen was named the winner by the Associated Press at 8:53 p.m. U.S. Rep. Mullin will now face Madison Horn in the November midterm elections, where he is currently projected to win and take Sen. Inhofe’s position.
Oklahoma residents recently voted in the runoff primary elections. As a result, the 2nd Congressional District will have a new representative as well as a new Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin R-OK was named the winner of the Republican Party candidate to replace Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe. After Sen. Inhofe announced his retirement, over two dozen members of the Republican Party were up for nomination. After narrowing it down to two, former Speaker of the Oklahoma news.ed@ocolly.com House T.W.
Mackenzie Janish Notebook: Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark (right) visited OSU Tuesday.
Notebook: Yormark speaks on Big 12 direction, OSU visit Davis Cordova Staff Reporter
Courtesy of Tribune News Service U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin will now face Kendra Horn in the race for U.S. Senate, which will replace Republican Senator Jim Inhofe.
Sitting in the lobby of the Stillwater Regional Airport terminal, new Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark answered questions following his campus visit at Oklahoma State. Through August, Yormark is visiting every returning Big 12 member school as part of his new reign as the top of the conference. Here are the key points from Yormark’s remarks. Reassuring the direction of the conference: Yormark has not had the easiest of circumstances becoming the commissioner of the Big 12. Dealing with conference realignment, NIL and TV deals, Yormark has had his plate full in keeping the conference stable and strong. Yormark reassures that the conference is in the right direction. Yormark said at Big 12 Media Days in July that the Big 12 conference is ‘open for business’, and it’s certainly about a multitude of things beyond conference expansion. “I’m excited about our prospects moving forward, I love where this conference is headed,” Yormark said.
“We’ve got a lot of work, you know, I want to contemporize the conference. I want to rebrand, refresh the Big 12 and storytell more than we ever have before.” TV deal frenzy: Earlier this month, the Big Ten announced a new lucrative TV deal with CBS, Fox and NBC that amounts to $7 billion over seven years, starting in 2023. “Well, first of all, congratulations to the Big Ten,” Yormark said. “I think they did a fantastic job and one of the things that I took away from it is, you know they created a partnership with obviously three great networks and are putting student athletes on the biggest stage every week.” With the Big Ten’s huge deal, it has put pressure on the Big 12 to finalize a new TV deal. Yormark said the Big 12 has a huge future with ESPN and Fox. “We’re with ESPN and Fox and I think they give us two of the biggest platforms available,” Yormark said. “Being on a big platform that can give you the broad reach that they provide and the cross marketing and promotion is critically important. So for me, there’s a huge future with ESPN and Fox and
if we can complement those two partners with something additive, it seems to make sense.” The visit: Yormark spent most of his day meeting with administrators, coaches and student-athletes at OSU. Yormark says speaking with the student-athletes at OSU was inspiring to him in many different ways. “That was truly inspiring for me, just engaging with the student athletes, getting to better understand their journeys, where they’ve come from, where they want to go and how Oklahoma State is truly preparing them to be the best version of themselves,” Yormark said. Since Yormark’s hiring, he’s had the chance to meet with some of the top figures at OSU in President Kayse Shrum and OSU football coach Mike Gundy. “Kasey’s leadership is off the charts,” Yorkmark said. “I had the chance to spend quite a bit of time with coach Gundy, he was fabulous. He’s got a great perspective on things obviously, he’s been there for so many years.” Texas and Oklahoma With Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for
the SEC in 2024, there has been speculation that Yormark will not be visiting those two schools. Yormark will be visiting those schools, eventually, just not through the campus visits he’s doing this month. “My goal is to get to every school over the course of the next couple months, including football season,” Yormark said. “But with these particular visits right now, I’ve done the eight existing, which will be completed by Thursday. I’ll get to Texas and Oklahoma at some point in time.” Saddle up The highlight of Yormark’s visit was set up like a recruiting visit photo. Yormark saddled onto Bullet, the infamous horse mascot at OSU football games, where he would take a photo at the 50-yard line of Boone Pickens Stadium. Yormark said this isn’t his first rodeo. “I had no issues getting on the horse,” Yormark said. “In fact, I said to them ‘can I ride the horse?’ He said ‘no, no, no Brett.’ They were even hesitant of me getting on, but if you saw, I got on pretty easily. That was the highlight for me.” sports.ed@ocolly.com