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OKLAHOMA CITY — Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat on Monday announced the hiring of Keith Beall as the Senate redistricting director.

Beall will earn $105,000.

Beall served as chief of staff to former Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, a former Senate Republican from Enid. He most recently served as Lamb’s campaign manager in a failed bid to secure the Republican nomination for governor.

“He assisted with redistricting efforts for former Gov. Frank Keating and the House and Senate Republicans in 2001 and 2002,” said Aaron Cooper, a Treat spokesman.

The Legislature is required to redraw districts following the 2020 census.

Last time, the Senate hired a Republican political consultant to assist with the process, paying him more than $127,000.

John Estus, a spokesman for House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said the House also will have a redistricting director.

Whether that person is hired from outside or is already on staff remains to be determined, Estus said.

The person will be nonpartisan, Estus said.