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Oklahoma has not been a hotbed of Democratic Party activity in a very long time and to the naked eye has exhibited only the faintest stirrings of late.

But something must be happening, because last weekend Young Democrats of Oklahoma was named the national organization’s chapter of the year and its president, Joshua Harris-Till, was chosen to lead the national organization.

“There’s a vocal group of young Democrats who really want to be better represented,” Harris-Till said by telephone late last week.

Harris-Till grew up in Broken Arrow and attended Tulsa Community College before graduating from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. In 2014 and 2016, he mounted 2nd District congressional campaigns against Republican incumbent Markwayne Mullin that were such mismatches they didn’t even qualify as David v. Goliath.

“David at least had five rocks,” said Harris-Till. “I don’t think we even had five rocks.”

From that experience, though, Harris-Till learned something important — organization matters.