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Tom Cole: “The primary was in July.”

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 15:15

So it's late June of 2002, and I knew nobody else could win that seat. Only JC could have won it. First Republican to ever hold it. It was registered over 60%. When was the primary? The primary was in July. And, oh, this is. So this is happening. And so it's like. It's all unbelievable. But I'd already built all of his staff. Right. All the infrastructure. Yeah. And so I. (15:15–15:18)

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Asserts the timing of the primary election in July.

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