Attorney seeks to stop special election for Inhofe's seat
March 9, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A high-profile Oklahoma attorney is asking the state Supreme Court to stop the special election for Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat, arguing the U.S. Constitution does not allow a special election to fill the post until it's vacant.
Enid attorney Stephen Jones, who gained national prominence as the attorney for convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, filed the lawsuit late Monday.
Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, 87, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced last month that he plans to resign in January, just two years into his...
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