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Joel Maurice Hefley is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife,Lynn Hefley,is,like him,a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives. They have three daughters.
Lee Cruce was an American lawyer,banker and the second governor of Oklahoma. Losing to Charles N. Haskell in the 1907 Democratic primary election to serve as the first governor of Oklahoma,Cruce successfully campaigned to succeed Haskell to serve as the second governor of Oklahoma. As governor,Cruce was responsible for the establishment of the Oklahoma Department of Highways and the Oklahoma State Capitol. He worked hard to enforce prohibitions on alcohol and gambling,going so far as to use the state militia to stop horse racing. He was succeeded by Robert L. Williams.
Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public university in Durant,Oklahoma. It had a total enrollment of 5,376 in 2022.
James Allen Williamson is an American attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Williamson served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1980 to 1986 and in the Oklahoma Senate from 1996 to 2008. From 1998 to 2002 he served as Assistant Republican Floor Leader,and then as Floor Leader from 2003 to 2004.
Virgil Glenn Coffee is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Coffee was the 30th Oklahoma Secretary of State,having been appointed by Governor Mary Fallin. He served from January 10,2011,until he resigned effective February 1,2013. He was the first Republican President Pro Tempore,having previously served as a Co-President Pro Tempore during the previous legislature.
Rodney "Pete" Anderson is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives,representing the 10th district.
Andrew Monroe Rice is an American civic leader and politician from Oklahoma. He represented Senate District 46 in the Oklahoma State Senate. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for the United States Senate in 2008,losing to incumbent U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.
Kenneth Corn is a former member of the Oklahoma Senate,representing an electoral district that includes Sequoyah and Le Flore 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 Joseph Biden,Jr.
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.
David William Marsden is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He currently represents the 37th district in the Senate of Virginia,which is a portion of Fairfax County,since 2010. Between 2006 and 2010,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 41st district. Prior to his career in politics he spent 17 years as head of the Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center until 1999. In 2000 Governor Jim Gilmore appointed him Chief Deputy and then Acting Director of the 2,700-person Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. He then served for 6 months in the administration of Governor Mark Warner.
Terence Curtis "Terry" Kern is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Randall C. Brogdon is an American businessman and politician from the state of Oklahoma. He was a state senator for Oklahoma's 34th senate district from 2002 until 2011. Brogdon ran for governor of Oklahoma in 2010 on a platform of tax cuts and reducing the role of government. He was defeated by Mary Fallin. On December 25,2013,Brogdon announced that he would challenge incumbent governor Fallin in the 2014 gubernatorial election. However,he withdrew to run for the U.S. Senate in a special election triggered by the retirement of Tom Coburn. He lost the nomination to representative James Lankford. In April 2015,he was elected as chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
James Edmund Halligan was an American state senator from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University president. Halligan defeated Robert "Bob" Murphy in 2008,gaining a Republican seat in the state senate and helping to deliver his party control for the first time in state history.
Michael Donald Johnson was an American Republican politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who served in the Oklahoma State Senate from district 22 from 1998 until he was term limited in 2010. Prior to his state politics career,Johnson also was active in local politics in Edmond,Oklahoma in the late 1970's,serving as the city treasurer from 1977 to 1981. In the 1980's he returned to Kingfisher,Oklahoma where he served on the local school board between 1985 and 1995 and operated his family's Chrysler dealership. He retired from politics in 2010.
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.
Bill Brown is a Republican politician from Oklahoma who was a member of the Oklahoma Senate. A native of Henryetta,Oklahoma,he lives in Broken Arrow and represented District 36. He cannot run for reelection in 2018 because of state term limits law.
Anthony Wade Sykes is a Republican politician from Oklahoma who served as a member of the Oklahoma Senate.
Cliff Aldridge is a Republican politician from Oklahoma who is serving as a member of the Oklahoma Senate. Aldridge is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),serving as Oklahoma state leader.
Eddie L. Cheatham is an American Democratic politician from South Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas General Assembly from 2007 until losing a reelection bid in November 2020.
Johnnie L. Turner is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 29th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 1,2021.
