Stillwater is the tenth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Payne County,Oklahoma. It is located in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. Route 177 and State Highway 51. As of the 2020 census,the city population was 48,394. The Stillwater Micropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 78,399 according to the 2012 census estimate. Stillwater was part of the first Oklahoma Land Run held on April 22,1889,when the Unassigned Lands were opened for settlement and became the core of the new Oklahoma Territory. The city charter was adopted on August 24,1889,and operates under a council-manager government system.
The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2,1890,until November 16,1907,when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the state of Oklahoma.
Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.
James Brooks Ayres Robertson,sometimes called J. B. A. Robertson,was an American lawyer,judge and the fourth governor of Oklahoma. Robertson was appointed by the state's first governor,Charles N. Haskell,to serve as a district judge.
Nia H. Gill is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician,who represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2024. She ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the June 2012 primary election to fill the seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Donald M. Payne,the former U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Gill was the State Senate President pro Tempore from 2010 to 2018,succeeded by Teresa Ruiz.
The Oklahoma Democratic Party is an Oklahoma political party affiliated with the Democratic Party. Along with the Oklahoma Republican Party,it is one of the two major parties in the state.
The government of the U.S. State of Oklahoma,established by the Oklahoma Constitution,is a republican democracy modeled after the federal government of the United States. The state government has three branches:the executive,legislative,and judicial. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances," each of these branches has some authority to act on its own,some authority to regulate the other two branches,and has some of its own authority,in turn,regulated by the other branches.
The politics of Oklahoma exists in a framework of a presidential republic modeled after the United States. The governor of Oklahoma is both head of state and head of government,and of a pluriform two-party system. Executive power is exercised by the governor and the government. Legislative power is vested in the governor and the bicameral Oklahoma Legislature. Judicial power is vested in the judiciary of Oklahoma. The political system is laid out in the 1907 Oklahoma Constitution.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Mississippi:
The Forty-seventh Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City from January 5,1999,to January 2,2001,during the first two years of the second term of Governor Frank Keating.
Daniel David Draper Jr. was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1971 until 1983,and served as the 32nd Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,beginning in 1979 until his conviction of a felony in the 1980s.
James Edward Berry was an American politician who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1935 to 1955. No other person has beaten or even tied Berry's record for holding that office. Although he tried twice to win a seat in the U.S. Senate,he was unsuccessful in both attempts. He was finally upset in a primary runoff election against Cowboy Pink Williams in 1954.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 6,2018,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 26 and runoff elections were held two months later on August 28. The state’s U.S. House delegation Republican majority changed from 5-0 to 4-1. As of 2023 this is the only time since 2010 that Democrats won any house race in Oklahoma.
Mickey Dollens is an American politician,nonprofit executive director,author,and former educator. A member of the Democratic Party,he has been the State Representative for Oklahoma's 93rd House District since November 16,2016. The district includes Oklahoma City.
Terry O'Donnell is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who has served as the Oklahoma House Representative for the 23rd district since January 8,2013. He first won elected office in the 2012 Oklahoma state elections. In January 2021,O'Donnell was promoted to be the speaker pro tempore of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,the second highest ranking Republican Party of Oklahoma member in the state house. On December 17,2021,O'Donnell was indicted in relation to a tag agency corruption scandal. He resigned as speaker pro tempore on February 2,2022 but later rejoined House Republican leadership in 2023 as majority whip,"a position that involves coordinating the teams of legislators that whip vote counts ahead of key bills."
Trish Ranson is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 34th district since 2018. She was reelected in 2020 and in 2022. A former educator,Ranson is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2022 Oklahoma House of Representative election took place on November 8,2022. The primary elections for the Republican. Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022. All candidates filed between the days of April 13–15,2022. Oklahoma voters elected state representatives in all 101 House districts. State Representatives served two-year terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Cory Mills is an American businessman,defense contractor,and politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 7th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he worked in various organizations as a security specialist and a business executive before being elected to Congress in 2022.
The 2022 Texas elections were held on November 8,2022. Primary elections were held on March 1,with runoffs held on May 24 for primary candidates who did not receive a majority of the vote.
Neil Hays is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma House of Representatives member from the 13th district since November 16,2022.
