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Oklahomans, apparently, are unhappy with present management.

Incumbent lawmakers of both major parties were put on notice last week by the record number of challengers who filed to take their jobs. In recent election cycles, more than half of House incumbents have skated through without an opponent. This year it is 14 — 10 Republicans, four Democrats — and every one of the 25 open Senate seats is contested.

Compare that to just two years ago, when 55 of 79 incumbent legislators to file for re-election won without opposition.

In 2012, six senators and 53 members of the House were elected simply by showing up.

Now the question is whether all of this unhappiness will result in real change in the direction of state government.

Some change was inevitable because of term limits — around 20 percent of the Legislature, including all of the top Republican leadership, was going to turn over anyway.