Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby won't run for Senate

Tuesday, January 21, 2014  

Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby is seen in this photo on the tribe's web site.

Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby won't be running for the Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat.

Anoatubby's name came up after Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), a former member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, announced his retirement. But Anoatubby said he hopes to continue leading his people as long as they keep re-electing him.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), also Chickasaw, said he won't be running for the seat either.

Get the Story:
Chickasaw Nation's gov won't run for US Senate (AP 1/20)
Cole, Pruitt say they won't run for Coburn's Senate seat (The Tulsa World 1/20)

Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to resign and leave early (1/17)