Charles Bradford Henry is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 26th governor of Oklahoma from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat,he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1992 to 2003.
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.
Sean Burrage is an American attorney and politician who is the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education since 2024,and who served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 2nd district from 2006 to 2014.
Kenneth Corn is a former member of the Oklahoma Senate,representing an electoral district that includes Sequoyah and LeFlore counties. He served as caucus chair for the Democratic caucus in the Oklahoma Senate. He previously served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and served as the Democratic caucus secretary. He ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma losing to Republican Todd Lamb on November 2,2010. He served as City Manager of Anadarko,Oklahoma,from 2015 to 2022 when he accepted an appointment to serve as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director for Rural Development in Oklahoma by President Joe Biden.
The 2008 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected would serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011.
Brian John Bingman is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who has served in elected and appointed offices since the 1990s. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected to the Sapulpa city commission in 1992,before being elected mayor by his fellow commissioners in 1994. He would serve in both of these offices until 2004,when he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent the 30th district. After one term in the house,Bingman ran for the 12th district of the Oklahoma Senate in 2006 and would hold the seat until term limited in 2016. In 2011,he was elected by Republican senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate,a position he would hold until retirement in 2016.
Joe L. Heaton is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Timothy D. Leonard is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
James Ananich is an American politician from the State of Michigan. He was a Democratic Party member of the Michigan State Senate from 2013 to 2023,representing the 27th district,which is located in Genesee County and includes the cities Burton,Clio,Flint,Mount Morris and Swartz Creek and the townships of Flint Township,Forest,Genesee,Mount Morris,Richfield,Thetford and Vienna. He was the minority leader from 2015 to 2023.
Joshua Chad Brecheen is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who has served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 6th district in the Oklahoma Senate from 2010 to 2018. He is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation.
Markwayne Mullin is an American businessman and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected in a special election in 2022 to serve the remainder of Jim Inhofe's term. Mullin is the first Native American U.S. senator since Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired in 2005. He is also the second Cherokee Nation citizen elected to the Senate;the first,Robert Latham Owen,retired in 1925. Before being elected to the Senate,Mullin served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2023.
The 2014 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Governor Mary Fallin was re-elected with 55.8% of the vote over state representative Joe Dorman. Primaries were held on June 24,2014. Fallin won the Republican nomination with more than 75% of the vote,and Dorman won the Democratic nomination uncontested.
Joseph E. Dorman is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives,representing the 65th electoral district between 2002 and 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Forty-third 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 8 to May 31,1991,and from January 3 to May 29,1992,during the second two years of the term of Governor David Walters.
The Forty-second 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 3,1989,to January 8,1991,during the term of Governor Henry Bellmon. In 1989,a ballot question designated the sine die adjournment day,or last day of session,as the last Friday in May. Combined with the 90-day requirement,this moved the session start day to February,leaving the original start day in January as an organizational day.
Anastasia A. Pittman is an American and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma politician from the state of Oklahoma. She has served on the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council since 2021 representing the Dosar Barkus Band.
Greg Treat is an American Republican politician from Oklahoma who served as the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. He represented the 47th district from 2011 to 2024.
John Michael O'Connor is an American attorney and politician who served as the 19th attorney general of Oklahoma between 2021 and 2023. O’Connor was previously a shareholder of Hall Estill and a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma,the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma,and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Joe Newhouse is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 25th district from 2016 to 2024.
The 2006 Oklahoma Senate election was held on November 7,2006. Senators in 24 out of 48 districts were up for election. Going into the election,Democrats had a narrow 2 seat majority with 26 seats,compared to Republicans 22 seats. Their majority was reduced to 25-23 after the death of Senator Robert M. Kerr. and Republican Mike Schulz's victory in the subsequent special election. However,in August 2006 Senator Nancy Riley changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democratic,restoring the Democratic Senate majority to 26-22.
