Winner of Tuesday special election to represent Senate District 43 (however briefly)

In one of those weird things that occur occasionally in politics, voters will choose tomorrow a new lawmaker to represent Senate District 43, which covers parts of far southern Oklahoma County and northern Cleveland County–for a while, at least.

Neither Republican Greg Childers, 41, of Del City, nor Democrat Kenneth Meador, 30, of Moore—whoever wins between the two—should get too comfortable in the seat.

It’s going mobile, you see.

What is now SD 43 has been divvied up among other districts—a casualty of this year’s redistricting process—with the number 43 assigned to portions of Garvin, Grady McClain and Stephens counties in southern Oklahoma.

Childers said previously that he may seek a full, four-year term next year, if he wins the special election. That would require him to move into the newly configured district. Candidates for state office in Oklahoma must be registered to vote in the district they are seeking for at least six months prior to filing for office. Next year, filing is in April.

Childers is a former U.S. Postal Service trainer, Meador an Iraq war veteran.

The special election was necessitated by the resignation of Sen. Jim Reynolds, who was elected Cleveland County treasurer last November. The term expires in November 2012.