Registered lobbyists have given more than $51,000 in campaign contributions to Oklahoma gubernatorial candidates leading up to Tuesday’s primary election, with Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb receiving the bulk of the money.

A review by The Frontier found that nearly $6 million was loaned by various candidates to their own campaigns in the lead up to next week's primary elections.

John Ross Baker, 34, possibly exposed patients at the Hastings hospital to bloodborne pathogens after reusing needles to inject patients’ IV bags or IV lines, according to multiple sources who spoke to The Frontier on the condition of anonymity.

As primary elections approach, the effort to reform how Oklahoma treats rape kits has started to become political.

Because the PAC did not register with the Ethics Commission until May, and because of the way the filing periods fall, the public will not find out who is financing the opposition group until after the June election.