On February 28, David Boren, a former Governor and U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, participated in the Americans Elect press conference in Oklahoma. The press conference was called to announce the turn-in of 90,000 signatures on the Americans Elect petition for party status. Here is Boren’s statement.

Boren was elected Governor in 1974. In 1978 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he remained until he resigned in 1994 to become President of the University of Oklahoma, a post he still holds. His son, Dan Boren, is the only Democratic member of Congress from Oklahoma.