Cyndi Munson, Democratic leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, uses a phrase that should be adopted by more legislators and government leaders.
“I heard at the doors …” Munson says.
“I heard at the doors that people were feeling really left behind, feeling that their paychecks were shrinking because of the rising cost of everything,” she said, talking about the door-to-door campaigning she did before the Nov. 5 election.
Inflation, along with federal immigration policy, is something state legislators such as Munson can do very little to affect. But Munson said she is certain both issues were negatives for other Democratic candidates for the statehouse because many believed concerns in both areas were a consequence of actions taken by the Biden administration.
Democrats in Oklahoma failed in their goal to chip away at the Republican super majorities in the Legislature ― an unchanged 81-20 margin in the House and 40-8 gap in the Senate (not counting the mid-term resignation of Sen. Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, whose seat will be filled during in a future special election).