James R. Langevin is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the first quadriplegic to serve in Congress;Langevin was appointed to be the first quadriplegic speaker pro tempore of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019. Langevin did not seek reelection in 2022.
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 so far only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first woman to represent Oklahoma in Congress since Alice Mary Robertson in 1920.
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.
George Faught is an American businessman and Republican politician from Oklahoma. Faught was Representative for District 14 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. House District 14 encompasses Muskogee,Fort Gibson,Braggs,Hulbert,and outlying areas. When the 51st Legislature was opened on February 5,2007,Faught became the only Republican in state history to represent the historically Democratic 14th House District. He announced his candidacy for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district on July 14,2011.
Skye D. McNiel is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2006 until 2013. McNiel represented the 29th district.
"War on women" is a slogan in United States politics used to describe certain Republican Party policies and legislation as a wide-scale effort to restrict women's rights,especially reproductive rights,including abortion. Prominent Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer,as well as feminists,have used the phrase to criticize proponents of these laws as trying to force their social views on women through legislation. The slogan has been used to describe Republican policies in areas such as access to reproductive health services,particularly birth control and abortion services;the definition of rape for the purpose of the public funding of abortion;the prosecution of criminal violence against women;and workplace discrimination against women.
Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 32nd governor of New Mexico since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
A six-week abortion ban or early abortion ban,called a "heartbeat bill" or "fetal heartbeat bill" by proponents,is a form of abortion restriction legislation in the United States. These bans make abortion illegal as early as six weeks gestational age,which is when proponents claim that a "fetal heartbeat" can be detected. Medical and reproductive health experts,including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,say that the reference to a fetal heartbeat is medically inaccurate and intentionally misleading because a conceptus is not called a fetus until after ten weeks of pregnancy,before which the proper term is an embryo,as well as that at six weeks the embryo has no heart,which at that stage is only a group of cells which will become a heart. Medical professionals advise that a true fetal heartbeat cannot be detected until around 17 to 20 weeks of gestation when the chambers of the heart have become sufficiently developed.
Emily Virgin is an American politician who was the Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as House Democratic Caucus Chair. She was first elected in 2010 at the age of 24 and represents the 44th district,which includes Norman,Oklahoma. Virgin retired from the Oklahoma House at end of 2022 due to term limits.
Anastasia A. Pittman is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. She represented the 99th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives,as a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman served in the House from 2006 to 2013. On April 11,2014,she filed to run for an Oklahoma Senate seat vacated by Constance N. Johnson. Pittman was elected to the Oklahoma Senate and represents the 48th district. In 2018,she was the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor in Oklahoma.
Angela Z. Monson is an American politician from Oklahoma who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives,representing District 99 from 1990–1993,as well as the Oklahoma Senate,representing District 48 from 1993–2005. In 2003,she became the first African American woman assistant majority floor leader in the Oklahoma legislature. Monson defeated incumbent Kirk Humphreys,a former Oklahoma City mayor,for the school board chairman's position in 2009,serving until 2013.
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.
Helen Arnold is an American former politician. A Republican,Arnold served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1976-1982,representing district 71. She served on several committees during her time in office including,the Education committee,Public Safety and Penal Affairs committee,and the City/County Government committee. In 1978,Arnold co-sponsored the House's ERA resolution.
Joan Hastings, was a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1975,Hastings served district 67 until 1984. After serving in the legislature,Hastings served for 16 years as Tulsa County Clerk,retiring in 2001. After retiring from public office,Hastings worked in real estate in the Tulsa area. She is an inductee of the Tulsa Central Hall of Fame.
Wanda Jo Peltier is a politician from the U.S. 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.
Justin J. J. Humphrey is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. A Republican,he is a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,representing state House District 19. He lives in Lane,Oklahoma,in the southeastern part of the state. He was re-elected by default in 2020.
Josiah Magnuson is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 38th district,serving since 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks is an American physician and politician serving as a U.S. representative since 2021,representing Iowa's 1st congressional district. Her district,numbered as the 2nd district in her first term,includes most of Iowa's southeastern quadrant,including Davenport,Bettendorf,Burlington,and Iowa City. A member of the Republican Party,Miller-Meeks served as Iowa state senator for the 41st district from 2019 to 2021.
Linda Duba is an American politician and educator based in Sioux Falls,South Dakota. She serves in the South Dakota lower house as one of the Democratic representatives of the 15th District along with Jamie Smith. Her district covers the northern part of Sioux Falls including the Downtown,Whittier,Cathedral,Terrace park,West 10th Street,and Garfield neighborhoods. The 15th District lies completely within Minnehaha county. Duba succeeded Representative Karen Soli in 2019.
The Fifty-eighth 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,Oklahoma from January 3,2021,to January 3,2023,during the second two years of the first administration of Governor Kevin Stitt. The 2020 Oklahoma elections maintained Republican control of both the House and Senate.
