The Alaska State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives and the 20-member Alaska Senate. There are 40 House Districts (1–40) and 20 Senate Districts (A–T). With a total of 60 lawmakers,the Alaska State Legislature is the smallest bicameral state legislature in the United States and the second-smallest of all state legislatures. There are no term limits for either chamber. The Alaska State Legislature meets in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. The current meeting since 2023 is the 33rd Alaska State Legislature. The previous meeting,the 32nd Alaska State Legislature,met from 2021 to 2023.
Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She is the first and only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first woman to represent Oklahoma in Congress since Alice Mary Robertson left office in 1923.
Mary L. Easley served as the Oklahoma Senator representing District 18,which includes Mayes,Tulsa and Wagoner counties from her win in a special election in 2004 until 2010. She previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1996 through 2004,representing District 78.
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.
Jari Askins is an American judge,lawyer,and Democratic politician from the state of Oklahoma. She was the 15th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma,being the second woman and the first female Democrat to hold that position.
Judy Eason McIntyre is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A Democrat,McIntyre served as an Oklahoma state Senator from 2004 to 2012 representing District 11,which includes Osage and Tulsa counties. She also served as State Representative from 2002 to 2004 representing District 73 where she was the first freshman appointed to the Speaker's Leadership Team. For the 16 years before her election to the Oklahoma Legislature,she was an elected board member for the Tulsa Public Schools in Tulsa,Oklahoma.
Keith Clayton Leftwich,was a State Representative and State Senator for Oklahoma.
Gilda Z. Jacobs was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate,representing the 14th district from 2003 through 2010. The mostly suburban district is in southeastern Oakland County,and includes the cities of Farmington Hills,Huntington Woods,Southfield,and Oak Park. Jacobs was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002.
Harri Anne Smith is a former independent member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 29th District from 1998 to 2018. She has been elected to five terms in the state senate and is also a former mayor of her hometown of Slocomb,in the Wiregrass Region.
Constance Nevlin Johnson is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 48,which encompasses portions of northeastern and northwestern Oklahoma County until 2014. She was first elected to the state senate in a special election in September 2005.
The Fifty-second Oklahoma Legislature was the meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City from January 3,2009,to January 4,2011,during the second two years of the second administration of Governor Brad Henry. It was the first session in state history where the Republican Party has controlled both houses of the legislature.
Mary Bernice Shedrick is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Shedrick represented Oklahoma State Senate District 21 from 1980 to 1996. In 1994 she was a candidate for Governor of Oklahoma. Shedrick is now a part-time Administrative Law Judge in Payne and Logan counties and is a member of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.
Randy Terrill is an American politician. A Republican,he is a former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from Moore,Oklahoma.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
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.
Pamela Peterson is an American Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of New York,who represented the 67th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016. The district is contained in Tulsa County. She served as majority floor leader,the first woman to hold that post.
Penny Baldwin Williams was an American Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma. Williams served as a legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988,representing District 70. She later was elected to the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 33,from 1989 to 2004. Senator Williams authored important bills on education during her time in the legislature,including the historic education reform act. Williams also authored a series of bills to strengthen math and science,and the bill creating the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. A supporter of the arts,Williams influenced art education in public schools,and was instrumental in the creation of the Art in Public Places Act.
Daisy Lawler is a former politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Lawler was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2002 and served until 2006,representing District 24. Lawler was an educator for 28 years before running for political office. Her dedication to education continued through her time in the legislature,as she was a tireless advocate for children,education,and improved care for the elderly.
Wanda Jo Peltier was an American politician in the state of Oklahoma. Peltier served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1986 until 1996,representing District 93. After her time in the legislature,Peltier ran for a seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. She served a term as the president of the Commission on the Status of Women and is also the owner of a technical writing company,Peltier Pen Productions.
Kendra Suzanne Horn is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,her district included almost all of Oklahoma City.
