And I didn't even vote.

When the Oklahoma Legislature passed a blatantly unconstitutional bill forcing doctors to try to intimdate women into carrying all pregnancies to term, the governor rightfully vetoed it. The legislature then overrode that veto. 25 of 44 Democrats in the state House voted to override the veto. I said at the time:

And the state party wonders why voters don't get energized over legislative races.

My own district's representative, Ryan McMullen, is on that list. He regularly sends out newsletters to his constituents bragging about how he votes against the Democratic position on a vast majority of issues.

McMullen resigned earlier this year to take a mid-level USDA job, presumably so he can brag more about how he's not a Democrat.

A few weeks ago, there were primaries for two Democratic candidates and two Republican candidates. I had absolutely no idea who either Democrat was. Searching for their names on the Internet turned up almost nothing. I finally found campaign sites for both candidates. Both included lots of empty rhetoric about "western Oklahoma values."

Neither included the word "Democrat."

Given the legislative history of this caucus, with neither of them wanting to go on the record as actually supporting, you know, even one core Democratic position, I had no reason to vote for either of them. I never heard anything from one of them throughout the campaign.

The other one, I heard from. He robo-called my parents several times, even after they contacted the campaign and said "We don't live in that district anymore, please stop calling us." The calls didn't stop. His campaign left five identical, policy-free, empty rhetoric slick four-color flyers on my door, none of which contained the word "Democrat." I got five more in the mail. At home, despite having a sign on the door saying "DO NOT RING THE DOORBELL" because I have health problems and sleep at odd times, they rang the doorbell—just to leave the same flyer.

So I voted for the other guy in the primary. He lost, so I stayed home on Election Day.

Hear me well, candidates: the legislature does not need "Democrats' who do not support Democratic positions, or who are afraid to say they do. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's not going to get out and vote for Yet Another Ryan McMullen, Brad Carson, or Joe Lieberman.

If you want Democratic votes, run as a Democrat. Neither of the Democrats did in this race. The Republican won. I'm sure the actual voting record of the seat won't change very much at all. Better to have actual Republicans in seats than DINOs.