Regina Goodwin | |
|---|---|
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| Member-elect of the Oklahoma Senate from the 11th district | |
| Assuming office | |
| Succeeding | Kevin Matthews |
| Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 73rd district | |
| Assumed office July 21,2015 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Matthews |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 22,1962 Tulsa,Oklahoma,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Regina Goodwin (born September 22,1962) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 73rd district since 2015.
Regina Goodwin was born in Tulsa,Oklahoma,and raised in the city's historic Greenwood District,also known as Black Wall Street. [1] [2] Her great-grandfather James Henri Goodwin,a native of Mississippi,moved to the Greenwood District in 1914 where he co-founded the Jackson Undertaking Company and managed the Tulsa Star . James Henri and his son Edward,Goodwin's grandfather,both survived the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. [2] Edward later founded The Oklahoma Eagle in 1936,which would become the state's longest running Black newspaper. [2] [3] Her father,Edward Jr.,also ran The Oklahoma Eagle. [2]
Goodwin graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa in 1980,and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Kansas. She completed coursework for her master's degree at Columbia College in Chicago,Illinois. [4]
She first ran for the Oklahoma Senate's 11th district in a 2015 special election to succeed Jabar Shumate,but narrowly lost the Democratic primary election to Kevin Matthews. [5]
Goodwin was elected to serve as State Representative,Tulsa House District 73 in a 2015 special election. [6] Goodwin is Assistant Minority Floor Leader and the Chair of the Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus,which is made of up seven members. [4] [7]
Goodwin has worked on issues related to public education,housing,health care,and police reform. In 2019,she highlighted possible instances of excessive use of force by Tulsa police officers, [8] following the 2016 killing of Terrence Crutcher [9] by Tulsa police officer,Betty Shelby [10] and the 2017 Tulsa police killing of Joshua Barre. [11] In 2020,Goodwin and other members of the Black Caucus again called for police reform, [12] when,on June 4,2020,Tulsa police stopped two African American boys walking down a street and detained them for jaywalking. Police body cam footage showed one officer sitting on one of the boys while holding the back of his neck and pressing his face to the ground. [12] [13]
In June 2020,when Donald Trump announced that he would be holding a campaign rally on Juneteenth a few blocks from the Tulsa 1921 race massacre,Goodwin held a press conference with other members of the Black Caucus to register their concerns about heightened racial tensions and increased health risks related to COVID-19. [1] Trump subsequently rescheduled the rally to June 20,2020. [14] Goodwin called Trump's choice to hold a rally "more provocative than productive." [15] [16]
In June 2021,on the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre,Goodwin and other members of the Black Caucus called for reparations and other measures to ensure that massacre is never repeated. [17]
Goodwin is the author of the following bills that are now law:
In June 2024,Goodwin won the Democratic primary for the Oklahoma Senate's 11th district,defeating Joe Williams. Since no non-Democratic candidate filed for the election,Goodwin won the seat after the June election. [21]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kevin Matthews | 1,619 | 47.3% | |
| Democratic | Regina Goodwin | 1,317 | 38.5% | |
| Democratic | Heather Nash | 486 | 14.2% | |
| Total votes | 3,422 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Regina Goodwin | 850 | 34.7% | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Townsend | 673 | 27.4% | |
| Democratic | Joe Williams | 499 | 20.3% | |
| Democratic | Jennettie P. Marshall | 199 | 8.1% | |
| Democratic | Jeanetta D. Williams | 155 | 6.3% | |
| Democratic | Robert Lewis | 57 | 2.3% | |
| Democratic | Norris Minor | 20 | 0.8% | |
| Total votes | 2,453 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Regina Goodwin (incumbent) | 2,830 | 62.2% | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Townsend | 1,720 | 37.8% | |
| Total votes | 4,550 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Regina Goodwin (incumbent) | 9,697 | 88.6% | |
| Republican | Leland Cole | 1,243 | 11.4% | |
| Total votes | 10,940 | 100.0 | ||
In 2018,Goodwin was reelected without opposition. [29]
In 2020,Goodwin was reelected without opposition. [30]
In 2022,Goodwin was reelected without opposition. [31]
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