Charles Bradford Henry is an American lawyer and politician who was the 26th governor of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected governor in 2002. Henry won re-election for a second term on November 7,2006 with 67% of the vote.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions,provide legislative oversight for state agencies,and help to craft the state's budget. The upper house of the Oklahoma Legislature is the Oklahoma Senate.
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma,the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.
The Oklahoma Republican Party is the Oklahoma state affiliate of the Republican Party (GOP). Along with the Oklahoma Democratic Party,it is one of the two major parties in the state.
Todd Hiett is an American rancher and Republican politician from Kellyville,Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1995 until 2007. During his final two years in office,Hiett served as the Speaker of the House. Hiett was the first Republican to hold that position in over eight decades.
The 2006 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 7,2006 to determine who would represent the state of Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma has five seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected served in the 110th Congress from January 4,2009 until January 3,2011.
Lance Cargill is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Cargill served as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from January 2,2007,to January 28,2008. He resigned his leadership role due to tax and ethics controversies and was succeeded as speaker by Chris Benge.
Virgil Glenn Coffee is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Coffee was the 30th Oklahoma Secretary of State,having been appointed by Governor Mary Fallin. He served from January 10,2011 until he resigned effective February 1,2013. He was the first Republican President Pro Tempore,having previously served as a Co-President Pro Tempore during the previous legislature.
Nancy C. Riley represented Oklahoma State Senate District 37 which is located in Tulsa County and includes Bixby,Jenks,Lotsee,Tulsa and Sand Springs from 2000 to 2008. Riley grew up in Tulsa and graduated from Edison High School. She attended Oklahoma Christian College for three years,then married and started a family. Riley's first husband died from a brain tumor. During that time,Riley was forced to live on food stamps. She later graduated from Langston University,and began teaching elementary school in the Tulsa Public Schools system.
Kris Steele is a United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who served as state representative. Steele served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the Speaker of the House,a position he took over after the 2010 elections. He presided over the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature.
The Fifty-first Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. State legislators met at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 2,2007 to January 3,2009,during the first two years of the second term of Governor Brad Henry. A tie in the number of seats held by Republicans and Democrats in the Oklahoma Senate resulted in bipartisan leadership. Republicans held the majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Sally Kern is an American politician and former educator who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 84th district from 2005 to 2017.
The 2002 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002,and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Brad Henry won the election with 43 percent of the vote,beating Republican Steve Largent and conservative independent Gary Richardson.
The 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation was a criminal investigation that focused on whether Oklahoma State Representative Randy Terrill (R-Moore),State Representative Mike Christian,and State Senator Debbe Leftwich engaged in political corruption involving the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner.
Eddie Fields is an American politician from Oklahoma. A Republican,Fields served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010,and on the Oklahoma Senate between 2010 and 2018. He announced his unsuccessful candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 2018.
Tahrohon Wayne Shannon is an American banker and politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 62nd district from 2007 to 2015. In a ceremony on January 8,2013,Shannon took the oath of office to be Oklahoma’s first African-American speaker of the House. Shannon stepped down as the speaker to run for the Republican nomination in the 2014 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma to succeed Tom Coburn.
The Thirtieth Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma,composed of the Oklahoma Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The state legislature met in regular session at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City from January 5 to July 22,1965,during the first term of Governor Henry Bellmon. It was the last time the state legislature met only once every two years,and the first time since A. C. Hamlin left office in 1910 that the legislature included black members.
The 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018. Republican businessman Kevin Stitt was elected the 28th governor of the state,succeeding fellow Republican Mary Fallin,who was term-limited. Primary elections occurred on June 26,2018,with primary runoff elections having occurred on August 28,2018.
The 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate for Oklahoma. The election took place concurrently with the regularly scheduled election for Oklahoma's other Senate seat.
