“Oklahoma Republican Party members have rejected a resolution to censure the state’s two GOP U.S. senators for not objecting to the Electoral College votes that certified Democrat Joe Biden as president on Jan. 6. In the vote Saturday, 122 members of the Republican State Committee opposed the nonbinding resolution to censure U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford, while 93 supported it. The resolution also called for them to resign. Lankford was among more than a dozen senators who initially objected to the certification of the 2020 election results.
He changed his mind after insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Lankford, who is up for reelection next year, issued a statement thanking the Oklahomans who have supported his campaign. Newly elected state GOP Chairman John Bennett is personally backing a primary challenger to Lankford. The challenger, Tulsa pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, has been critical of Lankford for what he says is Lankford’s lack of support for former President Donald Trump” – AP.