Tennie Rogers
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Tennie Beatrice Thomas Rogers (August 1, 1927 – January 22, 2009) was a
Congressional campaigns
In 2000 she ran for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District in the
In 2002 she ran for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District (map) winning 648 votes, coming in 4th of six candidates, losing to Tom Cole who won with 21,789 votes and then went on to win the general election.
Meanwhile, her daughter Evelyn L Rogers,[2] a librarian at Tulsa Community College ran for the 3rd Congressional District in 1996, and the 1st Congressional District in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004.[3] [4]
Presidential campaigns
1992
In 1992 she was on nine State Republican primary ballots, winning 7,677 votes. She was the first female Republican candidate to have been on so many ballots, exceeding former
1996
In 1996, she was on the Republican primary ballot in New Hampshire and Mississippi, earning just 12 votes in the former [5] and 35 in the latter.[6] Following this election, she wrote a book, Standing Up: Rogers For U.S. President, that would serve as both autobiography and campaign tool for her anticipated third attempt at the presidency.
2000
In 2000 she once again ran, but this time failed to get on any ballots for President, faring better in her run for Congress as mentioned above.
External links
Notes and references
- ^ "Services set for former candidate". Tulsa World. 25 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-7425-5608-9. Retrieved 13 March 2011.