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Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby is the Most Powerful Oklahoman, according to OKC FRIDAY’s poll of state leaders. Bill Lance, Jr., Secretary of Commerce of Chickasaw Nation, came in number 18.
Anoatubby beat out several other powerful Oklahomans for the top spot, including Governor Kevin Stitt, Senator James Lankford, and several bankers, investors, mayors, congressmen, a former Miss America, the CEO of Hobby Lobby, as well as CEOs of energy companies.
Read the OKC Friday story here.
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