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GOP Primary Victory Propels Congressman Frank Lucas Closer To Goal of Returning to House Ag Committee in 2023
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:12:15 CDT
Tuesday June 28th was a night for the incumbents in the Oklahoma Congressional delegation- Senator James Lankford, Congressmen Tom Cole and Frank Lucas and Congresswoman Stephanie Bice all piled up over sixty percent of the vote in their drive to secure the GOP Nomination on primary election night. Congressman Kevin Hern did not face a Republican challenger but will have a Democrat and Independent on the ballot across from his name in November.
Oklahoma Farm Report's Ron Hays caught up with the former Chairman of the House Ag Committee Frank Lucas at a quiet election party on Tuesday evening. Lucas and his supporters were pleased with the results of the evening as Lucas secured just over 61% of the vote in the Third District GOP contest- beating retired Pastor Wade Burleson of Enid in most locations across the largest of the Congressional districts(based on geography) in the state.
Lucas was grateful for those who supported him in his bid for another two year term as the Congressman from the Third District. Most political pundits consider the Third District as a safe Republican seat once again here in 2022, so the Primary win puts the Congressman in a commanding spot to return to Washington in 2023 once again.
Lucas was criticized during the campaign for no longer having a seat on the House Ag Committee- but Lucas was been telling ag groups for the last couple of years that he would be back on the Committee as a senior member when the actual writing of the next farm bill will take place. He told Hays Tuesday evening "I'll just repeat what the soon to be chairman of the Committee Mr Thompson has said numerous times in public- and I consider it a compliment- He has said 'How can you write a farm bill without Frank Lucas?' That's high praise from the next chairman of the House Ag Committee."
That promise is based on the likely reclaiming of the majority by the GOP in the US House. Lucas would return as the most senior member of the Committee. At the same time- he is poised to become the Chairman of the House Science Committee which would offer him prime oversight over programs like NASA and the National Weather Service.
Regarding the writing of the next Farm Bill- he anticipates that they will use the current farm law as a blueprint use as the starting point in the coming year. "We'll take the best of the 2018 law- and improve it in order to continue to offer a safety net for the ag community."
Listen to Congressman Lucas and Hays talk about the GOP nomination secured by the Roger Mills County rancher for what- if elected in November- would give the Congressman the chance to serve his 15th term as the Congressman from Western Oklahoma.
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