In addition to the World Cup, Olympics and Leap Day, one of my favorite quadrennial traditions is watching optimistic Oklahoma Democrats – with the assistance of questionable polling – begin tricking themselves into thinking they have a chance in the gubernatorial election.
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I watched it happen in 2010 with Jari Askins; 2014 with Joe Dorman; 2018 with Drew Edmondson; and, of course, 2022 with Joy Hofmeister. If you remember, several publicized polls had ol’ Hof tied or even leading with weeks left in the race, even though she lost – like the others mentioned above – by double-digit percentage points.