Jim Rogers (Oklahoma politician)
Jim Rogers | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Jimmie Hugh Rogers March 25, 1935 Atoka County, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | November 11, 2014 79) Durant, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Oklahoma Baptist University University of Wyoming |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Jimmie Hugh Rogers, Sr. (March 25, 1935 – November 11, 2014) was an American perennial political candidate.[1][2] He ran for various offices and in 2010 was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States Senate in Oklahoma in a race against incumbent Senator Tom Coburn.
Rogers was noted for being highly protective of his privacy. He rarely spoke to the media and repeatedly declined to participate in debates.[3] While revealing that his top priorities as a candidate were to stop the outsourcing of jobs overseas and rein in the national debt, he did not generally make his political positions known.[3] While citing his experience as a professor at several different universities, Rogers often refused to publicly disclose which ones he taught at.[2][3][4]
Early life
Rogers was born in Atoka County, Oklahoma in 1935.[4] He earned an undergraduate degree at Oklahoma Baptist University and a master's degree from the University of Wyoming.[4][5]
Political candidacies
Rogers unsuccessfully sought the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in 2002, 2004 and 2008.[4] In the 2008 primary race, he received 40% of the vote against State Senator Andrew Rice, whose campaign was substantially funded.[4]
In 2006, he made an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma.[4]
2010 Senate election
After spending little money and doing very little campaigning, Rogers won the Oklahoma Democratic senatorial primary against Mark Myles, getting 65% of the vote.[6] In the general election, incumbent Senator Tom Coburn was reelected to his Senate seat, winning 71% of the vote vs. 26% for Rogers.[7]
Presidential primaries
Rogers was on the ballot in the Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary in 2008,[3] where he received nearly 4000 votes and placed fifth in a slate of seven candidates.[8] He was on the ballot in the 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary [9] and received 15,540 votes which totaled 14% of the vote total, just short of the minimum 15% needed to earn delegates.[10]
2014 Senate election
Rogers was a candidate in the 2014 special election to replace retiring US Senator Tom Coburn. He advanced to a runoff election with State Senator Connie Johnson for the Democratic nomination.[11]
Personal
Rogers was married once and divorced. Prior to the divorce, he and his wife had one son. For much of his adult life, he was a resident of Midwest City, Oklahoma.[12][5] Rogers was a Southern Baptist[4] who was once ordained in a small church in rural Oklahoma, where he briefly served as pastor.[12]
Rogers died November 11, 2014 at the age of 79.[12]
References
- ↑ Argo, Burnis (September 6, 1985). "Teacher Under Cimarron Spell". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bisbee, Julie (August 2, 2010). "Perennial candidate Jim Rogers is Dems' Senate nominee". Tulsa World. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Oklahoma Senate Candidate Jim Rogers Has a Name -- but Not Much Else". Politics Daily. October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "2012 Oklahoma Senate Candidates: Jim Rogers". TownHall.com. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hales, Donna (July 25, 2004). "U.S. Senate bios". Muskogee Phoenix.
- ↑ Bisbee, Julie (August 1, 2010). "Oklahoma elections: Democratic outsider challenges Coburn for Senate". The Okalohoman. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ↑ "Presidential Preferential Primary Election". OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ McNutt, Michael (December 7, 2011). "Oklahoman among hopefuls to run against President Obama". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ Dinan, Stephen (March 7, 2012). "Obama renomination won’t be unanimous". The Washington Times. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Lankford Wins GOP Nod In U.S. Senate, Faces Dems Johnson Or Rogers, Independent Beard". KGOU. AP. June 24, 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "JIMMIE HUGH ROGERS, SR. March 25, 1935 - November 11, 2014". Brownsfuneralserviceatokaok.com. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
External links
- "Grizzled Old Coot Will Be Oklahoma’s Next Democratic Senator", satirical article on Rogers in Wonkette
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Brad Carson |
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (Class 3) 2010 |
Succeeded by Constance Johnson |
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