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Democratic challenger Andrew Rice acknowledges that Oklahoma’s voters are conservative, but he says that they also realize that global warming is real and that the state’s senator, “rather than standing as a stubborn obstacle to change … should help his state by taking a leadership role in Congress to advocate for reduced carbon emissions and development of alternative, clean-burning energy technology.”

Nice stance, but Republican incumbent James Inhofe, who first won the seat in a 1994 special election to succeed David Boren, is favored to win a third full term handily. Inhofe, generally viewed as no friend of the environment from his role on the Senate’s environment committee, highlights his advocacy of limited government, individual liberty and personal responsibility.