
A 29-year-old pastor from Tulsa confirmed on March 9 that he plans to mount a Republican primary challenge to U.S. Sen. James Lankford in 2022. Jackson Lahmeyer, pastor of the Sheridan Christian Center, said former President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn has endorsed his candidacy. Flynn, who was wrongly forced into pleading guilty to lying to the FBI, was later pardoned by President Trump. Lahmeyer has been critical of Senator Lankford for Lankford’s lack of support for Trump. Lankford was among more than a dozen senators who initially objected to the certification of 2020 election results, but changed his mind after insurrectionists entered the U.S. Capitol. Lahmeyer had a booth at the 2021 Republican State Convention on April 10 where he campaigned to the GOP delegates.