Brogdon Resignation Fuels Gubernatorial Primary Speculation
Brogdon Resigns At Insurance; Tests Waters For Fallin Rematch
from McCarville Report
Former Senator Randy Brogdon has resigned his state job and is testing the waters for a possible Tea Party challenge to Governor Mary Fallin next year in what would be a Republican primary re-match of 2010, The McCarville Report has learned.
Brogdon, who opposed Fallin in the 2010 Republican primary, resigned suddenly from the Insurance Department last week after fireworks earlier this month. The 27th is his last day on the job, a source said.
Brogdon had reportedly been putting out feelers to Tea Party activists, and was quietly assembling a team without the knowledge of his boss, Insurance Commissioner John Doak, insiders tell TMR.
Doak hired Brogdon for a near six-figure salary after the 2010 elections.