Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe plans to announce that he will retire from Congress before his six-year term is up, triggering a special election this year in deep red state to pick his replacement, according to a person with direct knowledge of the senator's plans.
Inhofe, 87, is expected to serve until the current session of Congress ends in January, the source said. He was elected to a fifth Senate term in 2020.
The timing of the announcement is related to a quirk in Oklahoma law that requires the governor to call a special election if a lawmaker announces they intend to retire before March 1.
'This is going to be the most substantial shakeup in Oklahoma politics since at least 1994,' said Pat McFerron, a Republican pollster and consultant in Oklahoma City, of the year Inhofe won the US Senate seat in a special election and Republicans captured three US House seats.
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