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National Review: Oklahoma Speaker Shannon Shows Promise

This young conservative is a J. C. Watts protégé.

Here’s a name you’ll probably be hearing again: T. W. Shannon.

Only 35 years old, Shannon, a protégé of former congressman J. C. Watts, is serving as speaker of the house in Oklahoma. The charismatic Shannon, who was highlighted as one of ten conservatives under 40 to watch at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, is working hard to boost the Sooner State.

“If we’re really going to get this nation turned around, No. 1, we can’t wait for the federal government to lead,” Shannon says in an interview. “I believe reform is going to happen in the halls of state government.”

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