Dear Friends,

It has been a busy last few days leading up to the Primary election! I do not know about all of you, but I am ready for an election and a break from all campaign mailers and robo-calls from other candidates, at least for awhile!

Dear Friends,

This week seemed one of the busiest ever with many events including those close to home and those across the State! Both fundraising events this week were very successful and helped cap a quarterly fundraising cycle that was terrific, just shy of $180,000. Thanks to so many of you for your generosity and support to help me head into July 27th with lots of momentum!

All three radio commercials are now airing on radio stations across the Oklahoma! You can listen to them right from the website at: http://www.danamurphy.com/radio-ads-murphymedia-64.html

Dear Friends,

Needless to say, no matter where I seem to travel in Oklahoma during July these days, the rain is always right there! Not that as a northwestern Oklahoman, I am one to complain about rain, but it certainly adds a few challenges in traveling to events and for organizers of outdoor events to make decisions to cancel or postpone events. I can hardly believe I am ready to roll past the 66,000 mile mark on the Murphy Mobile...how time has flown since the day I started driving this truck in March of 2009!

Dear Friends,

Hope all of you had a wonderful July 4th despite some unusually rainy and cloudy weather! The flags, patriotic shirts, music and so many other reminders caused me to specially reflect over the past days about what it means to be an American including how I appreciate our troops and being able to worship the God I love freely. Our country faces many challenges, but I always have hope for America, just as our founding fathers did when they overcame so much to help create our Nation in the first place! They put their beliefs into action to make a difference, just as we can do too!

Dear Friends,

"On the Road Again" seems to be a familiar tune that I hum in my head as the miles continue to rack up on my little blue truck! This week, I headed south to Ada and Seminole, out west to Weatherford and Elk City, but also had a few stops a little closer to Edmond during the week as well. I visited our Commission field staff, caught up with familiar faces and met some new faces along the way AND was the surprised recipient of some incredibly generous campaign donations to boot!

Dear Friends,

Hope all the Fathers out there had a great Father's Day! My Dad is no longer living, but on Father's Day and every day, I still think so much about him and what an influence he had on my life!

The past week has been a busy one as I traveled from Woodward to Mustang to Tulsa to Muskogee to Bartlesville and finally home again! Amazingly, my little 2008 blue truck has almost hit 64,000 miles since I first started driving it in March 2009. How thankful I am for the durability and reliability of this truck. I think it is just another reminder of how I became your Corporation Commissioner in the first place!

Dear Friends,

As many of you have now learned, I will have a primary election on July 27th to win re-election as your Corporation Commissioner. Photos from filing can be seen at: http://www.danamurphy.com/on-the-trail-mainmenu-32/286-filing2010.html and you can check out the photos that I continue to share on my website and on facebook from events across the state by going to the On the Trail menu bar from the homepage on www.danamurphy.com

Dear Friends,

As most of you know, I was excited to file for re-election as your Corporation Commissioner on the first day of filing, Monday, June 7. You can see the photos from filing at: http://www.danamurphy.com/on-the-trail-mainmenu-32/286-filing2010.html

On the last day of filing, a Republican challenger decided to file for the position as well. So...it turns out that I will have the opportunity to appear on the primary ballot on July 27th, just over 6 weeks from now!

Dear Friends,

How fast it seems like time has flown since I was first elected on November 4, 2008 to complete the term of former Commissioner Denise Bode which expired at the end of 2010; took office on January 13, 2009 and am now running for re-election for a full six-year term on the Commission! It hardly seems as if the time has gone so quickly.

The filing period for statewide candidates running for office on the 2010 ballot starts Monday, June 7 and goes through Wednesday, June 9. I will be filing for re-election on Monday, June 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the State Capitol. I am grateful that part of my family, my Mom and my nephew, Lee, will be there with me on Monday. For those of you available, I would be honored and thrilled to have you there with us when I file for re-election at the Capitol on Monday.

Dear Friends,

Recent weather has affected so many, including part of our farm and ranch where a small tornado apparently hit one of our places and damaged trees and fences. Thankfully, no one in my family and none of our livestock and equipment were harmed. While the weather has been challenging, I am grateful that things continue to go incredibly well on the re-election campaign. In May alone, fund raising for my re-election campaign is already over $60,000. I am so appreciative of the great support I continue to receive!

Dear Friends,

Thanks to so many of you, the fund raising for my re-election campaign was strong in April and in the first 11 days of May alone, I raised just over $29,000. I really appreciate the great support I continue to receive! Though things on the re-election campaign are going incredibly well for me, May 2010 in Oklahoma already seems unusually difficult with the recent tornadoes impacting Oklahomans across the state and against the backdrop of the challenging budget picture for our state and our agency along with other agencies that continues to dominate the news and my thoughts.

Dear Friends,

Watching the Oklahoma City Thunder play with such heart and intensity during the last two playoff games with the Los Angeles Lakers brought back memories of my own underdog battle to win the 2008 election for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner. Just as the fans in Oklahoma have made such a difference in these games (the noise and energy have been incredible!), so many of you made the difference in electing me! These games have been a reminder to me of how great it feels to overcome the odds and have so many believe in you!

I mentioned in my last Murphy Mail that more whirlwind weeks were to come and that seems more true than ever. It seems like the pace of March just moved right into April without skipping a beat. Thanks to so many of you, I will have a strong contribution report for the reporting period ending March 31st. Given that I had only a few days to raise money based on ethics rules for sitting Commissioners prior to the March 31 deadline, I was incredibly pleased with the amount raised. For those of you who would like to contribute to my re-election efforts, I would greatly appreciate your donation. You can print a contributor slip directly from the website or make a donation directly on-line at: http://www.danamurphy.com/donate-supportdana-42.html

What a whirlwind week this has been with drives to Woodward, El Reno, Dallas and places in between, all in a few days' time! Many of you say that I am one of the most energetic people you have met, but I will say that between the travel and presentations I gave, it took all that energy and a bit more this past week. But what can I tell you...these were all some of the most incredible events!

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