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Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,617,316 residents in 2007 and a land area of 68,667 square miles, Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people", and is known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State. Formed from the Indian Territory on November 16, 1907, Oklahoma was the 46th state to enter the union. Its residents are known as Oklahomans, and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.

In the state's largest urban areas, pockets of jazz culture flourish, and Native American, Mexican, and Asian enclaves produce music and art of their respective cultures. The Oklahoma Mozart Festival in Bartlesville is one of the largest classical music festivals in the southern United States, and Oklahoma City's Festival of the Arts has been named one of the top fine arts festivals in the nation. The Tulsa Ballet, one of the state's five major city ballet companies, is rated as one of the top ballet companies in the United States by the New York Times. The University of Oklahoma's dance program, formed by ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and husband Miguel Terekhov in 1962 was the first fully-accredited program of its kind in the United States. In Sand Springs, an outdoor amphitheater called "Discoveryland!" is the official performance headquarters for the musical Oklahoma! Historically, the state has produced musical styles such as The Tulsa Sound and Western Swing, which was popularized at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. The building, known as the "Carnegie Hall of Western Swing", served as the performance headquarters of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys during the 1930s.

  • Oklahoma State Election Board
    Site includes information about candidate filings, voting and voter registrations, and electoral calendar.
  • Candidate Filings
    Click on Candidate Filings and then Candidates for Federal, State, Judicial and Legislative Offices. Click on desired race.
  • Ethics Commission
    Site includes the campaign finance database and last-minute contributions.
  • State Government
    Links to state government sites from YourOklahoma.com.
  • Oklahoma Congressional Delegation
    Links to Oklahoma's U.S congressional delegation from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
  • Oklahoma Political Links
    Exentensive state political information, including links to candidates' campaign Web sites, from Politics1.
  • Sooner Search
    Search 75 Oklahoma Government sites and click on links to them.
  • Governor's Office
    Site includes executive orders, budgets, Cabinet officers, State of the State addresses and a biography.
  • Oklahoma Legislature
    Site includes both branches.
  • House of Representatives
    Site includes text of bills, member information, and session highlights.
  • Senate
    Site includes text of bills, member information, and session highlights.
  • Democratic Party
    State site includes party positions, officials and news releases.
  • Republican Party
    State site includes a calendar of event and weekly update.
  • Libertarian Party
    State site includes issue positions, calendar of events, and state officers.
  • Reform Party
    Official state site of the Reform Party.
  • Green Party
    State site includes essays and articles, action alerts, and latest newsletters.
  • League of Women Voters
    State site includes voter information, voters' guide, and election dates.
  • Oklahoma Constitution
    Search or browse the state statutes Oklahoma Constitution.
  • State Statutes
    Search or browse the state statutes.
  • National Links

    Organizations
  • Democratic National Committee
    Democratic Party's main site, including links to other party sites.
  • U.S. House Democratic Leadership
    Information about Democratic House members and party positions.
  • Senate Democratic Leadership Committees
    Information about Senate Democrats including bulletins, links to home pages, and legislative research.
  • Republican National Committee
    Republican Party's main site, including links to other party sites.
  • U.S. House Republican Conference
    Information about House Republicans and party positions.
  • Senate Republican Policy Committee
    Information about Senate Republicans and party positions.
  • Libertarian Party
    National site of the Libertarian Party including policy positions, directories and lists, and history.
  • Reform Party
    National site of the Reform Party including platform, issue statements and constitution.
  • Green Parties of North America
    North American site of the Green Parties including platform, candidates and local parties.
  • Advocacy Groups
    Advocacy groups on the Web by category from California State University at Chico.
  • American Civil Liberties Union
    ACLU site includes policy positions, litigation and legislation.
  • Christian Coalition
    Site includes policy positions, news releases, and congressional contacts.
  • NAACP
    NAACP site includes report cards, programs and positions.
  • League of Women Voters
    National site includes legislative priorities, National Voter magazine and archive.
  • National Organization for Women
    NOW site includes issue positions, news releases, history and action centers.
  • Think Tanks
    List of think tanks from the University of Michigan.
  • Think Tanks of Countries
    Links to think tanks by country from the National Institute for Research Advancement.
  • Publications
  • Politics1
    Comprehensive political news and information.
  • Inside Politics
    CNN's daily dose of political coverage.
  • C-SPAN
    Site includes latest video of stories, audio of congressional hearings, programming guide, a political archive and more.
  • Washington Post's Politics Page
    Coverage of politics from the nation's capital.
  • Yahoo's Political Headlines
    Headlines from today's political stories and links to wires and newspapers covering them.
  • General Reference
  • New York Times Links
    Extensive links to political sites from the New York Times.
  • Congressional section of LexisNexis
    Click on Congressional and get links to access all types of legislative information, including tracking bills and testimoy via LexisNexis at OSU.
  • Thomas
    Find information about congressional legislation, including searching for bills, roll coll votes, laws and the Congressional Record.
  • FedWorld
    Links to government databases, reports, and information, as well as links to government sites.
  • Campaign Finance Law
    Extensive links to campaign finance laws and ruling from the Stanford Law School.
  • Vote-Smart
    Contains basic information about federal, elected officials, interest group ratings, voting records and more.
  • State and Local Governments on the Net
    Site includes links to state and local Web sites by state.
  • Library of Congress
    Information from the library, including historical and legislative.
  • Congress.Org
    Detailed nformation about legislators, bills, and scorecards from advocacy groups.
  • GPO Access to Public Records
    Links to a wide variety of public records of the U.S. government, including the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Budget, presidential paper, legislative bills and laws, etc., from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • FirstGov
    Search U.S. government or state and local Web sites.
  • U.S. Constitution
    Search the U.S. Constitution or get pdf versions of it and other important documents from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Searchable U.S. Constitution
    Emory University's searchable U.S. Constitution.
  • How a Bill Becomes a Law and More
    U.S. House's educational resources includes how bills become laws, U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, Amendments, including those that did not pass, and links to historical documents from the Library of Congress.
  • E.Politics.Com
    Links to the House and Senate calendars, Hot Bills this week, status of current bills, text of current legislation.
  • Government Agencies
  • The White House
    Site includes, presidential documents, transcripts of news conferences and statistical briefs.
  • U.S. House of Representatives
    Site includes innformation about members, legislation, voting, and agendas.
  • U.S. Senate
    Site includes information about members, legislation, voting, and agendas.
  • Federal Election Commssion
    Site includes federal campaign contribution data, electronic filings, reports of candidates, parties and PACs, guide to contributions and the law, and media releases.
  • State and Local Governments on the Net
    Site includes links to state and local Web sites by state.
  • Campaign Finance
  • Federal Election Commission
    Information about candidates and campaign contributions.
    Contribution information about presidential and congressional elections.
  • OpenSecrets.org
    Search campaign finance data from a nonprofit group.
  • American University Campaign Finance Page
    Includes downloadable data from federal campaigns from American University.
  • Campaign Finance Clearinghouse
    Includes a database of current campaign finance research from George Washington University.
  • PoliticalMoneyLine
    Comtains many easily useable databases, including donors, PACS and parties, and contributions by ZIP CODE from Kent Cooper and Tony Raymond.
  • Vote-Smart
    Contains basic information about federal, elected officials, interest group ratings, voting records and more.
  • Campaign Finance Center
    IRE's center for investigating campaign finance.
  • Campaign Finance Law
    Extensive links to campaign finance laws and ruling from the Stanford Law School.
  • Polls
  • Poll Results via LexisNexis
    Click on Reference and then Polls & Surveys to search the result of polls via LexisNexis at OSU.
  • Public Opinion Links
    Scroll down to Public Opinion to get national and state polling links via the New York Times.
  • Gallup Poll
    Poll results from politics and other issues from Gallop at Princeton University.
  • Roper Poll
    Poll results, including the General Social Survey, from Roper at the University of Connecticut.
  • Survey Research Links
    Roper links to survey research organizations and academic centers.
  • Pew Research Center for People and the Press
    Site contains information about how to interpret polls, recent survey results, and a library of older surveys.
  • Princeton Survey Research Center
    Information about survey research and data, including links to Web resources.
  • National Opinion Research Center
    The University of Chicago's center for public opinion research, including studies.
  • Extensive List of Survey Research Sites
    Comprehensive list of online survey research and public opinion sites from the University of Kansas.
  • Political Sciences Resources
    University of Michigan library of public opinion on various legislative issues.