The district lawyer’s race for Oklahoma County is heating up. Kevin Calvey and Vicki Behenna are vying for the place soon-to-be vacated by the retiring David Prater.
Election Day is lower than every week away and one of many huge races to deal with is the District Attorney race.
Both Behenna and Calvey expressed their confidence they will come out on high subsequent Tuesday.
“This is not a job for a career politician who has never worked here in the criminal legal system in the United States,” Behenna, the Democratic candidate, mentioned.
“I’m a Republican. I have huge support from Democrats, especially Democrats who know the Oklahoma County court system,” Calvey, the Republican candidate, mentioned.
Behenna mentioned what units her aside is her talent set.
“I was a federal prosecutor for 25 years in Oklahoma City,” Behenna mentioned. “I was part of the Oklahoma City bombing investigation and assigned by the attorney general of the United States to be on the prosecution team for Timothy McVeigh. I left the U.S. Attorney’s Office and went into private practice where I’ve been doing criminal defense work. I’ve done that for nine years.”
An Iraq battle veteran, Calvey is at the moment Oklahoma County’s Commissioner for District 3. He believes there must be modifications within the DA workplace and mentioned he is the one who can shift the tradition.
“The problems with that district attorney’s office need to be solved by someone that needs to be able to go in and know the players in the system and, No. 2, be able to work with stakeholders in the system that funds the district attorney’s office and increase that,” Calvey mentioned. “(Vicki) Behenna has no idea on how to do any of those things.”
“Public safety is No. 1 for a district attorney,” Behenna mentioned. “Most people understand that I have never run for political office before ever, and I did that now. And this time because I think experience matters.”
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