‘He overcame so much’: Former U.S. Rep. Wes Watkins dies at 86

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Wes Watkins, who represented Oklahoma’s 3rd Congressional District for a cumulative 20 years, died this morning of cardiac arrest. He was 86. Watkins took...
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