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Kris Steele: The Next Oklahoma House Speaker?

From Examiner.com:

Speaker Pro Tem Kris Steele

As Republicans struggle all over America to reclaim their identity, Oklahoma House Republicans face a tough decision this fall as they face an election for the next Speaker of the House.

The Republican’s rules state that an election must be held between the middle of October and November 15th, and two members are the leading candidates: Speaker Pro Tem Kris Steele of Shawnee and Appropriations Chairman Ken Miller of Edmond.

Steele, an associate pastor at a Shawnee Methodist church, is the early favorite over Miller. But conservative Republicans outside the house GOP caucus are wary of Steel’s liberal tendencies, and the liberal-leaning and indolent Oklahoma press has done nothing to expose those flaws.

“Republicans in Oklahoma aren’t going to know a damn thing about this race, and the ‘aw-shucks’ liberal ab out to become Speaker,” one political insider, an avowed Steele critic, says about the election.

Many observers around the Capitol for the last decade have expressed amusement to OKPNS over reports that Rep. Steele may rise to the highest position in the House and recalled details of his interesting political career. Read more…

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