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Tom Cole: “State senate at that time was the most expensive state…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam: Featuring Congressman Tom Cole, R-OK

Published | Video Starts at 09:49

My dad had Alzheimer's and my grandmother was very ill and living with them, and it was just too much. And so I won her. State senate at that time was the most expensive state senate race in Oklahoma history. because all the Democrats, all the state hated me for having been a pretty successful Republican chairman. A lot of these guys are now really good friends. Of course they are. (09:49–09:55)

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