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EDMOND, Okla. A native of Iraq says he’s joining the race for Congress in Oklahoma’s fifth district.

Doctor Johnny Roy is chief of surgery at Edmond Medical Center and has lived in the U-S for about 40 years. He becomes the fifth candidate in the race for the Republican nomination for the congressional seat.

Roy says he supports the war in Iraq and says illegal immigrants should be returned to their home countries.

Other Republican candidates are Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin, Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode, and state Representatives Fred Morgan and Kevin Calvey.

Democrats in the race are Oklahoma County Court Clerk Patricia Presley, high school math teacher Bert Smith and Doctor David Hunter of Edmond.

Incumbent Republican Congressman Ernest Istook is running for governor.