Vice chairman of Oklahoma Republican Party to take new job

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The vice chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party is resigning to accept a job with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.

Estela Hernandez announced Monday that she submitted her resignation during the weekend to state GOP Chair Pam Pollard. Pollard said she accepted the resignation with “great sadness.”

The OCPA is a conservative think tank that was created in 1993 as a public policy research organization focused primarily on state-level issues.

Hernandez served as the state party’s interim chairman following the resignation of Chairman Randy Brogden resigned in September after just five months as chairman. Hernandez ran for the chairmanship, but remained vice chair after Pollard was elected.

A new state GOP vice chair will be elected by the Oklahoma Republican State Committee within 60 days.