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For years, the annual barbeque in Muskogee hosted by the late Oklahoma Congressman Mike Synar was one of the state’s big political gatherings.

Next week, Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, will be holding his own political cook-out in the northeastern Oklahoma town.

Boren is hosting a barbeque on May 30 at the Muskogee Civic Center where House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, of Maryland, former Gov. George Nigh, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Okahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson will be guests.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is $10 per person. There’s live music to go with the food and speeches.