logo
Login Subscribe
Google Play App Store
  • News
    • Obituaries
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinions
  • Sports
  • E-edition
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Advertisers
    • Form Submission
    • About Us
    • News
      • Obituaries
      • Lifestyle
      • Opinions
    • Sports
    • E-edition
    • Calendar
    • Archives
    • Contact
      • Contact Us
      • Advertisers
      • Form Submission
      • About Us
SD 8 GOP primary: Bryan Logan, David Nelson advance to runoff
news
March 12, 2025
SD 8 GOP primary: Bryan Logan, David Nelson advance to runoff
By BENNETT BRINKMAN NONDOC

With all precincts reporting Tuesday evening, Bryan Logan and David Nelson advanced to an April 1 runoff for the Republican primary to represent State Senate District 8 in eastern Oklahoma.

The two men advanced from a field of six, although one of those candidates ceased campaigning in January and endorsed Logan.

SD 8 lies south of the Tulsa metro area and encompasses all of Okfuskee, Okmulgee and McIntosh counties, as well as parts of Creek and Muskogee counties. The seat is open because former Senate Appropriations and Budget Chairman Roger Thompson (R-Okemah) resigned last year after he was ousted as chairman of the powerful committee.

A pastor and general contractor from Paden, Logan received 40.71 percent of the 3,736 votes cast. Logan has campaigned on being a “Christian conservative” and supporter of “traditional values.” He posted a video to his social media accounts of two small kids talking about “freedom sticks” — a reference to guns. Logan handily carried Okfuskee, Creek and Muskogee counties Tuesday.

Logan also said one of his priorities if elected would be to increase access to health care in his rural district.

In the runoff, Logan will face Nelson, who received 31.61 percent of the vote. A lifelong resident of Morris, he is a former U.S. Army Ranger and Black Hawk pilot. Currently, Nelson operates Morris Tag Agency. Nelson received the highest vote total in Okmulgee County — 732 votes, or about 48 percent of the 1,524 votes cast there.

During his primary campaign, Nelson voiced support for efforts to limit wind turbines in eastern Oklahoma and said he supported exploring nuclear options to meet Oklahoma’s energy needs. He also said education and workforce development would be some of his priorities if elected.

Hoss Durrett finished third with 18.04 percent of Tuesday’s vote. He carried McIntosh County with 35.25 percent of the 990 votes cast. In SD 8 as a whole, finishing behind Durrett were Okmulgee City Council member Steven Baldridge (6.96 percent), Jeff R. Ramsey (2.19 percent) and Ed Jolley (0.48 percent).

Neither Logan nor Nelson had posted statements about their advancement to the runoff prior to publication of this article.

All online results are unofficial until they are certified by the Oklahoma State Election Board.

The winner of the April 1 runoff will face Democrat Nathan Brewer and independent Steve Sanford in the May 13 general election. Both are from Henryetta.

Brewer is a “field operations supervisor at One Call Parking Lot Maintenance,” according to his Facebook profile. He posted that he plans to “work on protecting our kids and making stricter laws,” and “work on the health care system in our state.”

Sanford owns Rustlers BBQ.

“I will work to try and bring jobs to our rural communities! I will work with our educators to get us back on track preparing our youth for a brighter future. I will work to find ways to help our small business men and women succeed. I will work to preserve and maintain our state and city parks for all to enjoy,” Sanford said in a Feb. 26 Facebook post.

The annual 4th of July Fireworks show
A: Main, news
The annual 4th of July Fireworks show
July 9, 2025
Eufaula’s population was swollen over the weekend as thousands of out-of-towners joined locals to watch the annual 4th of July Fireworks show, held Friday, July 4. The display took place over the Eufa...
A: Main, news
City gets more attorneys; OKs growth plan
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 9, 2025
New-and-former City Manager Jacob Foos continues to make changes at city hall. Shortly after being re-hired for the position he left in September, 2021, Foos issued a statement that he was establishin...
Local resident stars in U.S. Cellular ad
A: Main, news
Local resident stars in U.S. Cellular ad
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 9, 2025
In all of her 58 years Louana Christie, EHS Class of ’85, never thought she would appear before a camera. Movie making was for her older sister, Selina Jayne Dornan, former Eufaula mayor and who once ...
A: Main, news
Eufaula school feels the chill from Trump’s funding freeze
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 9, 2025
When the Trump administration announced this week it was freezing over $70 million in education funding earmarked for Oklahoma, it surprised a lot of administrators. Eufaula School Superintendent Mont...
A: Main, news
Trump freezes over $70 million in state’s education funds
July 9, 2025
States won’t receive funds from six federal programs, including after-school care and English learner support, until further notice. NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL OKLAHOMA VOICE OKLAHOMA CITY — The Trump admini...
Noah Alexander trades football uniform for West Point uniform
A: Main, news
Noah Alexander trades football uniform for West Point uniform
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 9, 2025
Noah Alexander will begin his senior year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., this fall. It seems like only yesterday he was a stand-out running back for the Eufaula Ironheads, ...
United for Oklahoma
ePaper
google_play
app_store
Editor Picks
Bud McCombs to speak to Friends of Library
news
Bud McCombs to speak to Friends of Library
By LENORE BECHTEL 
July 9, 2025
How Eufaula happened to exist will be Friend’s speaker’s topic at the Eufaula Memorial Library at 1 p.m. Friday, July 18, When Eufaula was only an intersection, the city’s founding fathers lived in a ...
news
Annual Memorial Service planned at Honey Springs Battlefield
July 9, 2025
CHECOTAH — Honey Springs Battlefield will hold its annual memorial service on Saturday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m. to honor the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs near Checotah. The service ...
Calls needed to protect National Weather Service operations
commentary
Calls needed to protect National Weather Service operations
By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO 
July 9, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – We at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) extend our deepest condolences to families tragically impacted by the recent flooding in Texas. Flooding along the Guadalupe Rive...
news
Jeff Starling launches campaign for attorney general
July 9, 2025
TULSA ––Jeff Starling, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Energy and Environment, has officially announced his candidacy for Attorney General of Oklahoma. Starling is a conservative, attorney, businessman, and d...
Warriors of God, ready yourselves
commentary
Warriors of God, ready yourselves
July 9, 2025
Of my 56 years of being in this world, 50 of those years I have been filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. I was only six years old when I attended my first Tiger Mount...
Facebook

THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL
100 N. 2nd Street
Eufaula, OK 74432

(918) 689-2191

This site complies with ADA requirements

© 2023 THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL

  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Policy