Greg McCortney | |
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Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate | |
Assumed office October 27, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Kim David |
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 13th district | |
Assumed office November 17,2016 | |
Preceded by | Susan Paddack |
Mayor of Ada,Oklahoma | |
In office 2012–2013 | |
Ada City Councilor | |
In office 2011 –September 20,2016 | |
Preceded by | Roger Cupps |
Personal details | |
Born | Ada,Oklahoma,U.S. | May 30,1974
Political party | Republican |
Education | Oklahoma City University (BA) Asbury Theological Seminary (MDiv) |
Greg McCortney (born May 30,1974) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 13th district since 2016.
Born in Ada,Oklahoma,McCortney was a Christian minister and the owner of healthcare businesses before he was elected to the Ada City Council in 2011. In 2012 and 2013,he was elected mayor. He left the city council in September 2016 and joined the Oklahoma Senate that November. He was elected majority floor leader in 2021 and was elected by the Republican caucus to succeed Greg Treat as President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate in 2024. He lost his reelection campaign later that June to Jonathan Wingard.
Greg McCortney was born and raised in Ada,Oklahoma,where he graduated from Ada High School in 1992. He later earned a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma City University and a master's of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. [1]
After college,McCortney ministered in Norman,Oklahoma,and for Oklahoma City Hospice. In 2004,he founded McCortney Family Hospice and in 2008 he founded McCortney Family In-home Care. [1]
McCortney ran against incumbent Ada City Councilor Roger Cupps in 2011. [2] He defeated Cupps in the election with 73% of the vote. [3] He was reelected in 2013 over challenger Don Rice with 68% of the vote. [4] He was reelected to a third term in March 2015. [5] He also served as mayor from 2012 to 2013. [1] He officially resigned from the city council on September 20,2016 to focus on his campaign for the Oklahoma Senate. [6]
In 2016,McCortney ran to succeed term limited Democratic state senator Susan Paddack in the 13th district. He faced Shawn Howard and Jet McCoy in the Republican primary. [7] McCoy led in the primary and advanced to a runoff alongside McCortney. [8] McCortney won the runoff with 52% of the vote. [9] He defeated the Democratic candidate,Eric Hall,in the general election. [10]
In October 2021,McCortney was promoted to Majority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate because former Majority Leader Kim David was term limited from the Senate in 2022 and retiring from the position. [11]
In February 2023,it was reported McCortney accepted money from the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission,a pro-cockfighting political action committee. [12] Later that year in June,McCortney spoke in favor of compacts with tribal nations in Oklahoma. [13]
In February 2024,he was elected by his colleagues as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate designate for the following legislative secession,defeating senators Casey Murdock and David Bullard in the leadership election. [14] That June he lost his primary election to Jonathan Wingard. [15]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Greg McCortney | 887 | 73.4% | |
Nonpartisan | Roger Cupps (incumbent) | 321 | 26.6% | |
Total votes | 1,208 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Greg McCortney (incumbent) | 409 | 67.9% | |
Nonpartisan | Don Rice | 193 | 32.1% | |
Total votes | 602 | 100 |
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