Former state lawmaker Tom Newell, a pastor who’s recently worked with a conservative Oklahoma policy group, will serve as Gov. Kevin Stitt’s next chief of staff, the governor announced Monday.

Former state lawmaker Tom Newell, a pastor who’s recently worked with a conservative Oklahoma policy group, will serve as Gov. Kevin Stitt’s next chief of staff, the governor announced Monday.

Newell is the sixth person to serve as Stitt’s chief of staff since Stitt became governor in 2019. Stitt’s first chief of staff, Michael Junk, had worked for Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and two U.S ...