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<h3 style="line-height: 1.28205em; margin-top: 1.28205em; margin-bottom: 1.28205em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Oklahoma</font></h3><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/earthquakes-fracking-oklahoma-research-2018-2" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Earthquakes caused by fracking</a> wastewater injections were a major topic in the race for corporation commissioner in Oklahoma. The corporation commission oversees the oil and gas industry in the state.</font></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One of the main issues Ashley McCray, a 34 year old former activist, was running on was limiting fracking wastewater injection wells to reduce related earthquakes in Oklahoma. Her opponent was the Republican Bob Anthony, who has held the position for 30 years and whose campaign was f<a href="https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=6668808&default=candidate" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">inanced with help from railroad and energy companies</a>, including <span class="caps">BNSF</span>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/04/18/finances-great-american-fracking-bubble" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Chesapeake Energy</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1107" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">American Electric Power</a>, and <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/koch-industries-inc" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Koch Industries</a>, as well as from fracking pioneer and billionaire <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/harold-hamm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Harold Hamm</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While McCray only managed to gain 34 percent of the vote, the local paper <a href="http://journalrecord.com/2018/11/07/mccray-candidacy-shed-more-light-on-corporation-commission/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The Journal Record</a> credits her campaign with shedding more light on just what the powerful corporation commission does. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/06/30/jackie-dill-oklahoma-industry-caused-fracking-earthquakes-passes-away-under-open-sky" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Industry-caused seismic activity</a> has been a hotbed issue in Oklahoma for years and has <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2016/01/19/fracking-industry-linked-earthquakes-oklahoma-crack-political-party-lines" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">managed to cross typical party lines</a>.</font></p>