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Two more join attorney general's race
An Edmond state senator and an Oklahoma City attorney say they'll run for the office.

By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
Published: 11/18/2009 2:22 AM
Last Modified: 11/18/2009 5:43 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two more candidates have entered the race for attorney general.

Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, and Oklahoma City attorney Jim Priest, a Democrat, indicated Tuesday that they will join the campaign to succeed Attorney General Drew Edmondson, a Democrat who is running for governor.

Jolley, who also is an attorney, said: "We desperately are in need of a pro-jobs, pro-growth attorney general in Oklahoma. People in our state have lost their jobs because of an attorney general's decision to sue companies in our state."

He said he was referring in part to Edmondson's decision to sue poultry companies, alleging that the spreading of chicken waste as fertilizer has polluted eastern Oklahoma watersheds. A trial in the lawsuit is under way in federal court in Tulsa.

Edmondson said: "I think Mr. Jolley will be held to account by the media through the course of his campaign on the claims he makes. I know of no jobs that have been lost due to our litigation to clean up the waters in eastern Oklahoma, but I know thousands of jobs and millions in tourism and recreation that will be lost if we lose those water resources."

Jolley was elected to the Senate in 2004 and re-elected in 2008. He has bachelor's degrees in music education and political science from Oklahoma Baptist University and a law degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Priest, a lay minister with the Church of the Nazarene who has written columns on family and business ethics, said, "As attorney general, I want to continue providing the kind of public service I have given for 30 years as a lawyer and a volunteer in community organizations."

Priest graduated from Houghton College in New York with a bachelor's degree in history. He received a law degree from Syracuse University.

Oklahoma City attorney Ryan Leonard, a Republican, is also running for the post.

Barbara Hoberock (405) 528-2465
barbara.hoberock@tulsaworld.com By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau

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	Report Comment 007, London (11/17/2009 3:17:55 PM) Who the hell would want this job?
	Report Comment droopy, wagoner (11/17/2009 6:15:39 PM) Probably chicken crap all over the office.
	Report Comment 007, London (11/18/2009 2:46:55 PM) you know on second thought when candidates start out by telling eveybody what church they go to..........well.

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