State Lawmakers Planned For Senate Vacancy Five Years Prior To Trump Picking Markwayne Mullin

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State Lawmakers Planned For Senate Vacancy Five Years Prior To Trump Picking Markwayne Mullin

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

The GOP supermajority in Oklahoma’s legislature passed a law in 2021 that now comes into play after President Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland…

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