Both replace Republicans who resigned.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Democrats have swept special elections for a state House vacancy from the Tulsa area and a state Senate vacancy from Oklahoma City, both vacated by Republicans who resigned.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on the special elections and Republican primary for state senate and state representative in Oklahoma (all times local):Democrats have swept two special elections in the Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas for state representative and senator after the resignation of Republican lawmakers.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Some Oklahoma voters will head to the polls for three special elections in state House and Senate races to replace three Republican lawmakers who resigned.Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for races in Norman, Oklahoma City and Tulsa.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An ex-Republican state senator in Oklahoma already sentenced to 15 years in prison on a child sex trafficking charge has now been ordered to pay $125,000 in restitution.Federal judge Timothy DeGiusti on Thursday ordered Ralph Shortey to pay the money to the victim. Cleveland County Sheriff's Office via AP Shortey pleaded guilty in … Im letzten US-Wahlkampf gehörte Ralph Shortey, Senator im Parlament von Ohio, zu den einflussreichsten Unterstützern von Donald Trump. He had faced a sentence of up to life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Unterstützen Sie EPOCH TIMES. He had faced a sentence of up to life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Sentencing is scheduled for a former Oklahoma state senator on a child sex trafficking conviction.Ralph Shortey is due in federal court in Oklahoma City Monday where he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.Shortey pleaded guilty in November as part of a plea deal in which he said the deal was in the best interest of both him and his family.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sentencing date has been set for a former Oklahoma state senator who pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking.Court documents show 36-year-old Ralph Shortey will be sentenced Sept. 5 in federal court in Oklahoma City.Shortey pleaded guilty in November in exchange for prosecutors dismissing three similar charges. The videos of the March 9 incident at the Super 8 Motel with ex-state Sen. Ralph Shortey were released on Tuesday by the Moore Police Department.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma state senator accused of engaging in child prostitution and pornography pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of child sex trafficking.Former two-term Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping three child pornography charges against him.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The attorney for a former state senator charged with producing and transporting child pornography says his client will plead guilty to one count of child sex trafficking in exchange for U.S. prosecutors dropping three other child pornography charges against him.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — At least two people knew about child pornography on former Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey's computer at the Oklahoma Capitol, but failed to disclose that information to authorities until years later after police reportedly found Shortey in a motel room with a 17-year-old boy, according to newly released court records.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma state senator cried in federal court as he pleaded not guilty to child pornography and sex trafficking charges.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses a former Oklahoma state senator who already faces state child prostitution charges of also engaging in child pornography and child sex trafficking.OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma Democrats who swept special legislative elections this month have been sworn into office.Rep.