Coffee Names Ahlgren To Senate Post

Senate Co-President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, named Tulsan Karl Ahlgren to be assistant secretary of the Senate on Wednesday. The appointment is part of a power-sharing agreement negotiated in the Senate, which is evenly split with 24 Democrats and 24 Republicans.

Ahlgren will alternate duties with Secretary of the Senate Michael Clingman, who is also the state's Election Board secretary. Ahlgren will handle floor management and parliamentary and clerk duties in the Senate chamber.

Ahlgren was an aide to former U.S. Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and field director for former U.S. Senator Don Nickles.

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