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Summary Voters in Enid, Oklahoma, recalled city council member Judd Blevins, who acknowledged that he was connected to the now-defunct white supremacist group Identity Evropa.

Content <p>Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid ousted a city council member with ties to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ramaswamy-blasts-wapo-reporter-with-viral-response-question-condemning-white-supremacy-shame-on-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener">white nationalism</a>, according to unofficial results posted Tuesday on the Oklahoma Election Board website.</p><p>With all four precincts reporting in Enid’s Ward 1, results show voters chose to recall 42-year-old Judd Blevins. They instead selected Cheryl Patterson, a grandmother and longtime youth leader at an area church, to fill the seat.</p><p>Blevins, an Iraq War veteran, was narrowly elected to the seat last year despite his ties to white nationalist groups.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/oklahoma-court-considers-whether-allow-first-publicly-funded-catholic-school-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>OKLAHOMA COURT CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ALLOW FIRST PUBLICLY FUNDED CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN THE US</strong></a></p><p>Blevins acknowledged at a community forum last week that he marched in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. He also admitted being connected to the now-defunct white supremacist group <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-suspends-account-that-called-for-violence-amid-nationwide-george-floyd-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Identity Evropa</a>.</p><p>When asked at the forum to explain his involvement in the rally and his ties to Identity Evropa, he responded: "Bringing attention to the same issues that got Donald Trump elected in 2016: securing America’s borders, reforming our legal immigration system and, quite frankly, pushing back on this anti-white hatred that is so common in media entertainment."</p><p>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recall effort in Oklahoma</a> was launched by two longtime Enid residents, best friends Connie Vickers and Nancy Presnall, both Democrats in a county where Republicans have a nearly 4-to-1 advantage in voter registration.</p>

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