Overview
- Gov. Kevin Stitt named Alan Armstrong to fill Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s seat after Mullin was confirmed to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
- State law requires interim senators to sign an affidavit pledging not to seek the full six-year term, and the seat will be decided by voters in November.
- Armstrong is the chairman and former CEO of Williams, a Tulsa-based pipeline operator that gathers, stores, and moves natural gas.
- Pro-Trump activists criticized the choice after disclosures that Armstrong donated $5,800 in 2021 to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a frequent Trump critic.
- NOTUS first reported Stitt’s selection and a planned Mar-a-Lago meeting with President Trump, while the Daily Caller focused on Armstrong’s Kinzinger donations and Raw Story highlighted backlash from Trump-aligned figures.