Nik Berg emerged the winner of the straw poll of the membership of the Tulsa Area Republican Assembly, Tuesday night. He surpassed the 60% margin, but fell just one vote short of winning an outright 'Endorsement'. The bylaws require a 2/3 vote of support. 
  Tressa Nunley picked up the remaining 39% of the votes. 
  All four candidates spoke to the group at the March meeting.  Three of them returned a vetting form to the group in time to be distributed to the membership at the April 18th meeting. Membership was allowed to vote for any of the 4, regardless of their submission of the vetting questionnaire.
TARA is a group of conservatives within the Republican Party, but not an official branch of the party. Thus the group is free to express support for a favored candidate during a party primary contest.