{"id":1338919,"date":"2022-02-24T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338919"},"modified":"2022-02-24T18:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:09:23","slug":"report-oklahoma-republican-sen-jim-inhofe-expected-to-announce-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-oklahoma-republican-sen-jim-inhofe-expected-to-announce-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe Expected to Announce Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-oklahoma-republican-sen-jim-inhofe-expected-to-announce-retirement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jim-Inhofe-stern-face-closeup-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Oklahoma Republican Sen.\u00a0Jim Inhofe is reportedly expected to announce his retirement in the coming days, likely triggering a special election.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a087-year-old Oklahoma Republican is expected to announce his retirement in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the senator\u2019s plans who told <em>Politico<\/em>.\u00a0Inhofe\u2019s early retirement would\u00a0likely trigger a special election to replace him this fall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/24\/inhofe-to-retire-from-senate-teeing-up-special-election-in-oklahoma-00011534\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Sen. Jim Inhofe is expected to announce his retirement in the coming days, according to a person familiar with his plans, likely triggering a special election to replace him this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The 87-year-old Oklahoma Republican was elected to another six-year term in 2020, but has missed more votes than usual recently and told reporters in December his wife has been sick. His decision to step down will surely fuel a competitive Republican primary to succeed him in ruby-red Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>Inhofe is expected to serve the remainder of the current Congress and to announce his retirement sometime next week. He\u2019s a longtime top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the recent votes\u00a0Inhofe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/17\/four-senate-republicans-fail-to-show-up-for-vote-on-amendment-defunding-vaccine-mandates-ensuring-failure\/\">missed<\/a> was for\u00a0an amendment that would have defunded President Joe Biden\u2019s remaining vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0amendment ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/17\/four-senate-republicans-fail-to-show-up-for-vote-on-amendment-defunding-vaccine-mandates-ensuring-failure\/\">failed<\/a> after\u00a0Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Inhofe did not show up, depriving Senate Republicans a potential majority to pass the amendment to the continuing resolution (CR).<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma Republican Sen.\u00a0Jim Inhofe is reportedly expected to announce his retirement in the coming days, likely triggering a special election. 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