Governor Mary Fallin (R) has won re-election and a second term as governor of Oklahoma.
Governor Fallin won the race with a 55.85 percent vote in her favor, having 456,215 across the state.
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About her victory, governor Fallin said, ”I wouldn’t be here without the power and strength of God and all the prayers of Oklahomans,” according to staff reports.
OU student Billy Norlin, a biology sophomore reacted saying, "I expected Mary Fallin to win but I expected it to be by a bigger margin, not as close as it was."
Governor Fallin was elected in 2010, having first served as Lieutentant Governor to Brad Henry.
As governor, Mary Fallin lowered the unemployment rate from 7 percent to 4.7 percent and added 102,000 jobs.
To benefit college students, Fallin has supported programs like Complete College America, which is a degree completion program focused on helping students who only have a few credit hours left but could not finish college earn their degrees, said spokesperson Alex Weintz in an interview during mid-October.
Fallin also supported the Endowed Shares program, adding $130 million to the program, so that public universities like OU can hire the best professors available to them, Weintz said.
Fallin stated in her address after re-election that, “The campaign may be over, but the real work begins tomorrow,” according to staff reports.
Fallin thanked her family and the support of Oklahomans, and says that Oklahoma is the greatest state in the nation, according to staff reports.
About his loss, Joe Dorman said that he had “no regrets” and that he still plans to work towards bettering Oklahoma.
Dorman also said that while he has no plans in the immediate future he does plan to continue to service the public saying, “Public service is in my blood.”
