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Whisper Campaign for OK State Superintendent in Full Swing

From Examiner.com:

Though the race to replace Sandy Garrett as State Superintendent has barely begun, the whisper campaign is already in full swing.

Supporters of Republican candidate Janet Barresi, an Edmond dentist, are suggesting that Republican candidate Shawn Hime, Superintendent of Enid Schools, is too closely linked to Sandy Garrett. Hime, who has not yet formally kicked off his campaign yet, worked for Garrett in the Oklahoma Department of Education before he became Superintendent of Enid Schools last year. He served as assistant state superintendent with responsibilities in the management of state aid, financial accounting, school personnel records, transportation, transfers and capital improvement departments.

The whisper campaign being led by Barresi’s surrogates suggests that Republicans who want a clean break from the five terms of Democrat Sandy Garrett should not support Hime because he worked for Garrett. Read more…

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