Thursday, March 28, 2024

If Shannon could become only the 10th African American U.S. Senator

shannonThe Republican caucus in the U.S. Senate could get a lot more diverse.

T.W. Shannon, the speaker of the Oklahoma House, is expected to announce his candidacy in the special election for the Senate seat being vacated by Tom Coburn on Wednesday. Shannon, an African American and enrolled member of the Chicksaw Nation, will be the second candidate so far in the Republican primary for Coburn’s seat, joining two-term Rep. James Lankford, who represents an Oklahoma City based district on Capitol Hill.

Read more at Daily Beast. 

 

 

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