Oklahoma Chronicle: Candidates for State Attorney General Bring Different Backgrounds to Race

Oklahoma Chronicle: Candidates for state attorney general bring different backgrounds to race

A former federal prosecutor and a longtime state legislator are facing off for Oklahoma attorney general on Nov. 3.

Oklahoma AG candidates spar on death penalty, smelter in debate

Contrasting résumés collide in race for attorney general

Politically, Democratic Oklahoma attorney general candidate Nick Coffey is a new kid on the block.

Echols: Coffey ‘Knows Nothing’

Jon Echols spent Thursday night's attorney general debate pressing one argument against Democrat Nick Coffey: A career federal prosecutor isn't ready to run an office that works mostly in state law.

Nick Coffey, Jon Echols clash over how to handle cases, partisan politics in Oklahoma AG debate

In a debate Thursday night, Democrat Nick Coffey and Republican Jon Echols disagreed on the death penalty and whether Oklahoma’s attorney general should be a nonpartisan position, while finding common ground on high-profile civil litigation and their belief the state needs concurrent criminal jurisdiction across Indian Country reservations. The 70-minute debate (embedded below) was hosted […]