Commiss Elections: Dems/GOP Split
Thursday, November 7th, 2002 Legislation & RegulationIncumbents proved popular with voters in the four states holding elections for insurance commissioner. The two commissioners who sought reelection, Georgia's John Oxendine and Oklahoma's Carroll Fisher, won easily. In California, where the post was up for grabs, John Garamendi, who had formerly held the regulator's post, was elected. Sandy Praeger won in Kansas where there was no incumbent. According to data supplied by the Alliance of American Insurers in Downers Grove, Ill., with 98 percent of the Georgia vote counted, Mr. Oxendine, a Republican had 64 percent; Democrat Lois Cohen had 33 percent of the vote and Libertarian Helmut Forren 3 percent. In Oklahoma, with 99 percent of the vote counted, Democrat Fisher had 58 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Doug Barry who had 42 percent.
