John Waldron | |
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Minority Caucus Vice Chair & Secretary of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Monroe Nichols |
Minority Caucus Secretary of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 3,2023 | |
Preceded by | Jason Lowe |
Assistant Minority Floor Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
In office January 5,2021 –January 3,2023 | |
Preceded by | Forrest Bennett |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 77th district | |
Assumed office November 16,2018 | |
Preceded by | Eric Proctor |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Virginia (BA) George Washington University (MA) |
John Waldron is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 77th district. He assumed office on November 16,2018.
Waldron is a native of Tulsa,Oklahoma.[ citation needed ] He attended the University of Virginia from 1986 to 1990,graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations. In 1991 he started his master's degree in international relations at George Washington University while working at the School Without Walls in Washington,D.C. He completed his master's in 1995. [1]
Waldron began his teaching career at the School Without Walls in Washington,D.C. in 1991 and would work there until 1999. [1] In 1999,he returned to Tulsa and started working as a social studies teacher at Booker T. Washington High School. From 2011 to 2013 he was also the president of the United Nations Association. [1]
Waldron was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2018 and assumed office on November 21,2018. [2] He has served as the assistant minority floor leader in the House since 2021. [1] In 2023,Waldron filed legislation to increase the pay of school support staff who make less than $80,000 and by 20 percent. [3]
In 2024,he came out against Kevin West's HB 3217,which would ban Pride flags and Pride activities on state property,calling it "discriminatory." [4]
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John Waldron ran unopposed for re-election in 2020. [2]
John Waldron ran unopposed for re-election in 2022. [2]
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