AP Analyzes Race For House Speaker

Tim Talley Of The Associated Press reports on the race for speaker of the Oklahoma House: An economist from Edmond and an associate pastor at a Methodist church in Shawnee are the leading contenders to be the next Republican speaker of the Oklahoma House.

Rep. Ken Miller, chairman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee who holds a doctorate in political economics from the University of Oklahoma, and House Speaker Pro Tem Kris Steele, an associate pastor at the Wesley United Methodist Church of Shawnee who now holds the House’s second ranking position, are vying to replace House Speaker Chris Benge of Tulsa.

Read the entire article at http://newsok.com/two-lead-race-for-oklahoma-house-speaker/article/3375999.

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