Andrew Rice

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Scheirman, Katharine (2008-03-03). "Senator Andrew Rice Veteran Health Insurance Plan Passes Oklahoma Senate". VetVoice. VoteVets.org. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

2008 U.S. Senate Election

Rice officially filed as a candidate for the United States Senate from Oklahoma on Monday, June 2, 2008. [7] He won the Democratic primary against Jim Rogers on July 29, 2008 but was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2008 by incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe, who won reelection to a fourth term in a landslide. [8]

Personal

In 2004, Rice founded of the Progressive Alliance Foundation which worked throughout the state of Oklahoma advancing progressive, fair-minded and constitutional solutions to public policy problems. He also launched the Red River Democracy Project and was on the board of The People's Opinion Project. For 3 years, Rice was the Executive Director of Teen Recovery Solutions in Oklahoma City, which operates Oklahoma's only accredited recovery High School for teens dealing with addiction, Mission Academy. On September 11, 2001, Rice lost a brother in the 9/11 attacks.

Rice is also a writer. He has published a novel, Ghosts of Ursino, and a collection of poems, Luminosity.

Rice is married to Dr. Apple Newman Rice who practices medicine in Oklahoma City. They have two sons and reside in Oklahoma City. [9]

Electoral history

Andrew Rice
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Rice at a parade in Oklahoma City
Minority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate
In office
2011–2012
2010 Oklahoma General Election - Senate District 46 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrew Rice7,54868.28%
Republican Joshua Jantz3,50731.72%
2008 Oklahoma General Election - U.S. Senate [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jim Inhofe763,37556.68%
Democratic Andrew Rice527,73639.18%
Independent Stephen P. Wallace55,7084.14%
2008 Oklahoma Democratic Primary Election - U.S. Senate [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrew Rice113,79559.65%
Democratic Jim Rogers76,98140.35%
2006 Oklahoma General Election - Senate District 46 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrew Rice7,34269.53%
Republican Joshua Jantz3,21730.47%
2006 Oklahoma Democratic Primary Election - Senate District 46 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Andrew Rice2,38360.90%
Democratic Rhonda Rudd1,08427.70%
Democratic Drew Dugan44611.40%

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References

  1. 1 2 Oklahoma Senate Biography, Oklahoma Senate.
  2. America welcomes Andrew Rice, Firedoglake.com.
  3. Summary Results, November 16, 2006 General Election, Oklahoma State Election Board (accessed May 15, 2013)
  4. District Map, Oklahoma Senate.
  5. "Rice, Crain discuss Senate issues and more with Bricktown Rotarians". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
  6. "Senator Andrew Rice resigning seat". The Shawnee News. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  7. http://www.ok.gov/elections/cflist08.html
  8. 2008 General Election Results, Oklahoma State Election Board
  9. "Oklahoma State Senate - Senators". www.oksenate.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-01-23.
  10. 2010 elections Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine , Oklahoma State Election Board
  11. 1 2 General Election 2008, Oklahoma State Election Board
  12. http://www.ok.gov/elections/The_Archives/Election_Results/2006_Election_Results/General_Election_2006.html
  13. "Unavailable". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
(Class 2)

2008
Succeeded by
Matt Silverstein