{"id":20485,"date":"2026-03-24T14:47:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/stitt-picks-energy-executive-alan-armstrong-as-next-oklahoma-senator\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:47:51","slug":"stitt-picks-energy-executive-alan-armstrong-as-next-oklahoma-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/stitt-picks-energy-executive-alan-armstrong-as-next-oklahoma-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"Stitt picks energy executive Alan Armstrong as next Oklahoma senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tapped energy executive Alan Armstrong to replace incoming DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Senate, he announced in a press conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong is the executive chair of Williams Companies, an energy company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Stitt called him a \u201cstrong business leader\u201d who values \u201cfree markets and limited government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlan\u2019s story, as you guys get to know him, reflects the very best of Oklahoma,\u201d he said. \u201cOur values, our work ethic, and our pursuit of the American dream that is alive and well in the state of Oklahoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong will serve until a successor is elected in November. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/03\/19\/congress\/kevin-hern-oklahoma-senate-endorsements-00835727\" target=\"_blank\">heavy favorite to win a full term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tapped energy executive Alan Armstrong to replace incoming DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Senate, he announced in a press conference Tuesday. Armstrong is the executive chair of Williams Companies, an energy company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Stitt called him a \u201cstrong business leader\u201d who values \u201cfree markets and limited government.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}