(Washington D.C.) – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement congratulating T.W. Shannon on his election as the Oklahoma State House Speaker-Designate: “On behalf of the Republican National Committee, I congratulate Oklahoma State Representative T.W. Shannon on his historic election as State House Speaker-Designate. Speaker-Designate Shannon will become the first African-American Speaker

(Oklahoma City)- Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Matt Pinnell released the following statement upon the election yesterday of Representative T.W. Shannon as House Speaker-designate. Shannon will become the first African American Speaker of the House in Oklahoma history: “I’d like to congratulate Speaker-designate T.W. Shannon on this historic occasion,” said Chairman Pinnell. “Just three short years