And back in Oklahoma, local candidates make sure to work the crowd at every high school football game.

I will no longer be campaigning for our local candidates.

First, the governor wanted to include local and county candidates as well.

They did little before, he said, because his research showed voters were more interested in the local candidates.

Nevertheless, he would stump for local candidates at his summer home.

Only three times has a local candidate won the seat.

"There are so many other local noteworthy candidates," a woman said.

But Ford is going to be a drag on our local candidates.

Last night the committee expected to raise more than $1.3 million for local and national candidates.

He found out that wasn't true while working on a local candidate's campaign several years ago.