Glenn Coffee becomes first GOP Senate pro tem

 
By The Associated Press
Published: January 6, 2009

Glenn Coffee of Oklahoma City has been installed as the first Republican to hold the No. 1 leadership position in the Oklahoma Senate .

Coffee was elected Senate president pro tem on Tuesday at a one-day organizational meeting of the 2009 Oklahoma Legislature . Republican Chris Benge of Tulsa will return as speaker of the House when lawmakers begin considerating legislation on Feb. 2.

The GOP gained ...


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