Oklahoma House of Representatives

Republican voters picked banker T.W. Shannon to be their nominee out of a crowded primary.

Shannon, who received an endorsement from President Donald Trump, was the first black or Chickasaw person to be speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Shannon has also served as a senior advisor in the Trump administration and as an Oklahoma Transportation Commissioner.

His priorities include growing the state economy, supporting business, and cutting government red tape.

Number one, Cindy Munson is against protecting voter integrity.

In 2025, she voted no on House Bill 1005, which requires photo ID to vote in Oklahoma.

In other words, she voted against requiring photo ID, driver's license or whatnot, in order to vote.

She voted against it.

Cindy Munson is against the Second Amendment.

That's point number two.

In 2025, Cindy Munson voted against House Bill 2818, which reaffirms a woman's right to to brandish a firearm even without firing it or anyone else's right for that matter.

But this bill was specifically speaking to a woman's right to expose, brandish a firearm if she's being attacked as a defense mechanism to scare the guy off, essentially, even if the firearm, even if the gun isn't loaded, okay? That was what this bill was all about, to display a gun as a means of self-defense.

We wanted to actually pass.

And what was really galling about this, in the same state, in the Oklahoma House, they passed a resolution saying, They passed a resolution stating that Christ is king.

Okay, so you can say Christ is king, but you won't defend Christ's eternal definition of marriage.

This is not acceptable.

Oklahoma lawmakers find a Republican colleague harassed women and just let him keep his seat.

An Oklahoma House committee spent two days behind closed doors last month hearing from witnesses and victims.

Its finding? Republican State Representative Danny Williams of Seminole, who's 77, sexually harassed multiple women.

It also found he urinated in a cup that was left on his assistant's desk.

He also chairs the Oklahoma House Energy Committee.

Archer has represented Oklahoma House District 55 since 2022.

The district includes Elk City and portions of Beck and Blaine Caddo Canadian in Ouachita counties.

Before being elected to the legislature, Archer served two terms as mayor of Elk City.

For KOSU, I'm Michael Cross, and it's time for This Week in Oklahoma Politics, along with Civic Leader Andy Moore and Legislative Advisor Jennifer Moniz.

The House Rules Committee met for a public hearing on embattled State Representative Danny Williams.

Members held two closed-door meetings regarding the Seminole Republican earlier this month.

In July, the House Speaker announced an investigation against Williams for improper behavior towards staff and potential misuse of state resources.

Jennifer, what happened in the meeting?

Well, hot off the presses.

We just, literally, I came from the Capitol where the meeting was happening.

So hopefully your listeners, you know, kind of get the first look at it.

I think he taught at Weatherford and at Ouachita Heights.

Elected to the Oklahoma House of Reps in 1992, served four terms, elected majority whip before joining the staff of Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, a senior advisor to the head of legislative

affairs.

Oh, and head of legislative affairs.