He was elected on May 13,2008, as a 19-year old freshman at the University of Oklahoma, after winning 70% of the vote in a runoff election against 70-year-old, three-time former Muskogee mayor Herschel McBride.
He was elected on May 13,2008, as a 19-year old freshman at the University of Oklahoma and was sworn in on May 19,2008. Hammons was elected after winning 70% of the vote in a runoff election against 70-year-old, three-time former Muskogee mayor Herschel McBride.