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Saturday, July 27th, 2019

One-time GOP candidate for Oklahoma governor arrested twice

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Source:     Oklahoma News - Channel 4
Publication Date:     9:23 AM, JULY 26, 2019
 Link: One-time GOP candidate for Oklahoma governor arrested twice
Stephan:   Just the kind of man a party should make a contender for the state's governorship.

Christopher Barnett
Credit: Associated Press

TULSA, OKLAHOMA – A Tulsa man who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Oklahoma is jailed after being arrested twice in a 24-hour period.

Tulsa County jail records show 36-year-old Christopher Barnett is being held without bond on complaints of shooting with intent to kill and threatening an act of violence.

Police say Barnett was first arrested after shooting at a process server Wednesday, then after his release was arrested again Thursday. It was not immediately clear if the arrests are related.

Barnett told TV station KTUL he shot at the process server after the man pulled a gun.

Barnett picked up 5,240 votes and finished eighth in a 10-person field for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in June 2018.

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2 Comments

  1. Paul on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 8:29 am

    Hhmm, Stephan. Unless I grievously misread this story, this is a guy the Republican party pointedly DID NOT make a candidate for governor!

    • Stephan Schwartz on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 8:20 pm

      They accepted him to run for office on their ticket. He didn’t win the nomination, but that isn’t the relevant point. He was accepted for competition in his party’s selection process.