Carri Hicks | |
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Vice Chair of the Minority Party of the Oklahoma Senate | |
Assumed office January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Allison Ikley-Freeman |
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 40th district | |
Assumed office November 14,2018 | |
Preceded by | Ervin Yen |
Personal details | |
Born | Carri Renee Batchellor |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,U.S. |
Education | Oklahoma City University Capella University |
Carri Hicks is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 40th district since 2018. [1]
Prior to running for political office,Hicks was an elementary schoolteacher. [2] She defeated business consultant Danielle Ezell in the Democratic Party primary held in June 2018, [3] [4] then won the general election against Republican candidate Joe Howell and political independent Christopher Hensley. [5] [6] Hicks was sworn into office on November 14,2018. [7] [8]
Hicks accepted money from the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission,a pro-cockfighting political action committee. [9]
In 2024,Julie Daniels authored Senate Bill 1677,which focused on protecting parents with religious beliefs in their right to adopt,though Senator Carri Hicks,"the only person to vote no on the bill in committee," was concerned the bill could cause a child removed from an abusive household "'potentially because of their identity'" and then '"might be at risk of being placed in a home that is not affirming,' she said." [10]
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