After serving on the Oklahoma City Council from 1979 to 1980,Anthony was elected to the corporation commission in 1989. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 2004,and unsuccessful candidate for United States Congress running against Glenn English in 1990. He served six consecutive six year terms on the commission and was term limited in 2024.
With the retirement of Doug La Follette as Wisconsin Secretary of State in 2023,Anthony became the earliest serving statewide elected official in the United States,not counting federal offices,having held the same office since 1989. Anthony officially left office in January 2025.
Early life and career
Anthony was born at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City on May 15,1948.[1] His father,Guy Anthony,owned the C.R. Anthony Co.,a chain of department stores founded by and named after his grandfather.[2] Anthony earned a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania,a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics,a master's degree from Yale University and a master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[3]
Anthony served as a member of the Oklahoma City Council representing Ward 2 from 1979 until he resigned in 1980 to take over his father's company after his death.[2] He was the president of C.R. Anthony Co. from 1980 to 1987 when the company was sold an investor group. He first won election to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) in 1988 and took office in 1989.[2] He was re-elected in 1994,2000,2006,2012,and again in 2018. He was term limited in 2024.[4]
Anthony revealed in late 1992 that he had been cooperating in a federal bribery probe,secretly taping utility company representatives who broke laws prohibiting donations to regulators. The scandal was averted at the last minute by a company buyout.[5]
In August 2018,Anthony won the Republican nomination for a seat on the OCC.[7] He went on to face Democrat Ashley Nicole McCray and independent Jackie Short in the November election.[8] Anthony won re-election with 60% of the vote.[8]
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