What should I ask Andrew Rice? 5

Andrew Rice for Senate

In about three hours, at 1pm PST, I'll be chatting with Andrew Rice, the 34-year-old Okla. state senator and Democratic candidate for Senate in Oklahoma. Yes, that's the guy running against the 74-year-old Inhofe. You can read about his positions on the issue here. (Global warming is one of the top four.)

Oklahoma's a fairly conservative state -- it went 66% Republican in the last presidential election -- though there's a popular Dem in the governor's mansion. Republicans control the state House; the state Senate is equally divided. At the federal level, both Oklahoma's Senators are Republican; four of its five Reps are R.

Sen. Inhofe has been handily elected three times now. Here's his electoral history, from Wikipedia:

  • 1996 Oklahoma United States Senatorial Election
    • James Inhofe (R) (inc.),57%
    • James Boren (D), 40%
  • 1994 Oklahoma United States Senatorial Election

Have things changed? As this story on Rice's run makes clear, not since 1990 has a Dem candidate for Senate from Okla. gotten more than 40% of the vote. But at least some observers have been warming up to Rice's chances, since he's running against one of the most staunch supporters of a historically unpopular president. His fundraising numbers have been beating expectations.

Here's is the Rice campaign's blogging on Daily Kos, and here is Rice's blogging.

What should I ask him?

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. Kit Stolz's avatar

    Kit Stolz Posted 3:31 am
    03 Dec 2007

    how to get past the culture wars"Mr. Rice, James Inhofe has seemingly convinced a lot of people from your state that global warming has something to do with religion, politics, and other culture war topics, and nothing to do with the atmosphere or the burning of fossil fuels.  
    Do you have ideas on how to open the minds of Oklahomans who have been misled by Inhofe on these and other environmental topics? When you talk to voters in your state, have you found ways to overcome cultural stereotypes around environmentalism? Or do you agree with critics who think that environmentalists tend to be their own worst enemies?"

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  2. Adam Browning's avatar

    Adam Browning Posted 4:38 am
    03 Dec 2007

    2 questionsDavid-

    Ask him:



    Tell us how you can win.  How can a progressive win in a red state?

    How can Grist readers help?



    Get Some Sun: http://www.votesolar.org

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  3. justlou Posted 5:10 am
    03 Dec 2007

    The Herd Bullhas very fertile grazing in the land of Okie logic.  Give that Andrew feller a shot of testosterone.  

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  4. stevenearlsalmony Posted 6:19 am
    03 Dec 2007

    If you win, we win..... I supposeWhen do we begin to do something other than more the very same things which have given rise to the challenges posed to humanity by human-induced global warming?
    Steven Earl Salmony

    AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population

    http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/

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  5. caniscandida Posted 4:44 pm
    03 Dec 2007

    immigrant-bashingIs Andrew Rice prepared to condemn the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007?  Does he support the opposition of Catholic priests and bishops in Oklahoma to that legislation?
    http://www.usccb.org/mrs/mrp.shtml

    Chickens are our cousins! So are fish! So are other sentient animals! Let us learn to be kind.

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