PROFILE CANDIDATES NOW OUT TO VOTERS IN OKLAHOMA CITY OVERWHELMINGLY SAYING YES TO RAISING THE CITY’S HOTEL TAX. THESE RESULTS ARE NOT YET OFFICIAL OFFICIAL, BUT WITH 100% OF THE VOTE IN TWO THIRDS OF VOTERS IN OKC SAID YES TO THIS. SO THAT MEANS SOON VISITORS WHO ARE STAYING IN HOTELS AND AIRBNBS WILL HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE MORE. AND MOST OF THAT NEW REVENUE WILL GO TO THE CITY’S TOURISM DEPARTMENT. KOCO ZACH RAEL SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR TO GET HIS REACTION. A CITY NORMALLY I’M THANKING THEM FOR INVESTING IN OUR CITY. IN THIS CASE, I’M THANKING THEM FOR ALLOWING OUR VISITORS TO INVEST IN OUR CITY. OKC VOTERS SAYING VISITORS SHOULD PAY MORE TO STAY IN OUR CITY. THE DECISION MEANS THE HOTEL TAX WILL GO UP TO 9.25%, UP FROM THE CURRENT 4.5% TAX. THE MAYOR SAYS THIS TAX ALONE WILL RAISE MILLIONS. BUT THE FACT THAT WE COULD DO IT WITHOUT TAXING OUR RESIDENTS WAS CERTAINLY A BONUS. SUPPORTERS OF THIS TAX SAY THE MONEY RAISED FROM IT WILL GO TOWARDS VISIT OKC, WHICH WILL PROMOTE ALL THE CITY HAS TO OFFER, LIKE THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER, ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS AND MUSEUMS. IN TURN, THEY SAY IT WILL ATTRACT MORE VISITORS TO OKC, TO THIS NEW STATUS AS A TOP 20 CITY. AND IT REQUIRES CHECKING A LOT OF BOXES TO DO IT RIGHT. AND ONE OF THOSE BOXES IS OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING THE VISITOR ECONOMY. THE MAYOR SAYS THIS NEW TAX PUTS OKC ON PAR WITH OTHER LARGE CITIES. WE’RE NOT PLANNING TO TO LOOK BACK. WE’RE ONLY MOVING FORWARD. KOCO ZACH RAEL REPORTING THERE. THE NEW TAX WILL GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER FIRST. OVER IN PIEDMONT THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WERE ON THE BALLOT TONIGHT. NONE OF THEM PASSED. AS YOU SEE, THE NUMBERS THERE AND KOCO JASON BERGER JOINING US LIVE GETTING A LOOK AT THAT DATA JASON. YEAH GUYS ALL THREE PROPOSITIONS FAILED TONIGHT. AND UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW NONE OF THESE WERE CLOSE. THEY ALL FAILED BY HUNDREDS OF VOTES. PROPOSITION ONE IN PIEDMONT WAS FOR STREETS AND ROAD PROJECTS THAT AIM TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTING, REPAIRING AND IMPROVING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS, AND THAT INCLUDES LIGHTING, SIDEWALKS AND SOME BIKE LANES. THE SECOND PROPOSITION ALSO FAILED, WHICH INVOLVED SPENDING $4 MILLION ON A SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY. THE THIRD PROPOSITION WAS FOR NEARLY $2 MILLION, AND THAT WAS TO EXPAND, RENOVATE AND CONSTRUCT CITY BUILDINGS. AND ON THE TOPIC OF ROADS, HERE’S WHAT CITY MANAGER JOSH WILLIAMS SAID LAST WEEK. WE HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR ROADS. WE RECEIVE A LOT OF CLAIMS WITH REGARDS TO VEHICLE WEAR AND TEAR. DUE TO THE POTHOLES. NOW, IF ALL THREE OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS HAD PASSED PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER WOULD HAVE GONE UP BY ABOUT $50. IN OKC, JASON BERGER, KOCO FIVE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, JASON, WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW TONIGHT IT WAS A BAD NIGHT FOR INCUMBENTS. AS SEVERAL SITTING STATE LAWMAKERS LOST THEIR SEATS TO RUNOFF CHALLENGERS THAT INCLUDED HOUSE BUDGET CHAIR KEVIN WALLACE, WHO LOST TO BUSINESS OWNER JIM SHAW. KOCO ANDY WEBER JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW, ANDY, I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING A FEW OF THESE RACES ALL NIGHT. YEAH, THAT RACE WALLACE WAS IN WAS COMPETITIVE. IT WAS FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 32, WHICH ENCOMPASSES LINCOLN COUNTY. CANDIDATES RAN TV ADS. WALLACE EVEN HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT AND OKLAHOMA SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN. BUT THAT WASN’T ENOUGH TO SECURE THE WIN TONIGHT. BUSINESSMAN JIM SHAW GOT ABOUT 54% OF THE VOTE. WALLACE HAD 46%. ONLY REPUBLICANS RAN FOR THIS SEAT. SO SHAW WILL WIN OUT AS OF TONIGHT. ANOTHER INCUMBENT THAT LOST THEIR SEAT WAS SENATOR BLAKE COWBOY STEVENS FROM TAHLEQUAH. PHYSICIAN JULIE MCINTOSH WINNING BY ABOUT 20 PERCENTAGE POINTS. SHE WILL FACE INDEPENDENT MARGARET COOK IN NOVEMBER. ANOTHER RACE WE CLOSELY WATCHED WAS THE ONE FOR SENATE DISTRICT 47, IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THAT SEAT IS CURRENTLY HELD BY OUTGOING SENATE PRO TEM GREG TREAT, ARMY VETERAN KELLY HINES BEATING OUT STITT BACKED ICU NURSE JENNY SCHMIDT AND HINES WILL FACE DEMOCRAT AARON BREWSTER IN THE GENERAL COME NOVEMBER. REPORTING LIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. I’M ANDY WEBER KOCO FIVE NEWS. ALL RIGHT. INTERESTING ANDY THANK YOU. AND RESULTS