James Lankford: “In the short term appointment, according to the law, just…”

“… area where in most cases the people that represent us, all the people of Oklahoma, get one vote and we get a chance to be able to choose together. But In the short term appointment, according to the law, just one person does, it's Governor Stitt. He actually makes the decision on who that short term person is. They'll be in place from basically April until the end of this year. Oklahomans will then choose the long term, the six year term for the Senate at our normal election processes in June for the primary and then in November for the final election.” (07:12–07:21)

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