House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole Survives Primary Challenge

The Chair of the House Appropriations Committee is likely to win an eleventh term on Capitol Hill after Oklahoma voters endorsed him in a June 18 primary.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) leaves the office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 27, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, is likely to secure another term in Congress after winning his district’s Republican primary on June 18.

Mr. Cole, who’s represented Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District since 2002, won his primary contest over four GOP contenders. The Associated Press called the race a little more than a half hour after polls closed at 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time.