Just a few years ago, Smokin' Joe Dorman was a rising star in the Oklahoma Democratic Party. As a long time State Rep from Rush Springs, the lady's man turned politician introduced bold legislation to name the Watermelon the State Vegetable, "Do You Realize" the State Rock Song, and Raven the State Stripper Name. He also unsuccessfully fought to get storm shelters in all Oklahoma public schools, which of course failed because in Oklahoma we don't really care about protecting the lives and psyches of kids all that much. Well, unless they haven't been born yet.
In 2014, after facing a crowded field of zero primary opponents, he was the Democratic nominee for governor. Crisscrossing the state in an old beat up Chevy S10 on a "Hey, at least I'm not Mary Fallin" campaign platform, he received 338,000 votes (approximately 10% of the voting-age population) to Mary Fallin's 460,298 (approximately 15% of the voting age population).