Suzanne Schreiber

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Suzanne Schreiber
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Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 70th district
Assumed office
November 16, 2022
Residence(s) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Education University of Tulsa
University of Tulsa College of Law

Suzanne Schreiber is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma House of Representatives member from the 70th district since November 16, 2022 and as the Tulsa Public Schools Board member from the 7th district from February 2014 to February 2022.

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Early life and education

Suzanne Schreiber was born in New Mexico. [1] Her mother is a former Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico. [2] [lower-alpha 1] She moved to Tulsa to attend the University of Tulsa in 1991. [3] She was a member of Chi Omega. [4] After graduating from the University of Tulsa, she attended the University of Tulsa College of Law. [1]

Career

Schreiber clerked for Judge Terence C. Kern at the Northern District of Oklahoma and for Judge Stephanie Kulp Seymour at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. [1] She worked for the George Kaiser Family Foundation and the Tulsa Community Foundation. [3] [5]

Tulsa Public Schools Board member

In 2014, Schreiber ran for Tulsa Public Schools School Board district 7 vacated by Lois Jacobs. [6] She faced Gene Beach in the non-partisan election and was endorsed by the Tulsa Regional Chamber's Education Political Action Committee. [7] She won the election with 76.6 percent of the vote. [8]

In April 2017, Schreiber was unanimously voted president of the Tulsa Public Schools School Board. [9] In May 2017, she voted alongside board members Amy Shelton, Shawna Keller, Cindy Decker, and Ruth Ann Fate to close Remington Elementary, Park Elementary and Early Childhood Development Center-Porter as part of a school consolidation proposal to cut costs in anticipation of a $12 million reduction in state funding. [10] She was re-elected to a second term in 2018. [11] In April 2019, she was elected vice president of the Tulsa Public Schools School Board and served in that role until July 2020. [12] [13] She did not seek a third term in the 2022 school board elections. [14]

Oklahoma House

A billboard for Schreiber's 2022 campaign on the corner of 21st Street and Harvard Ave in Tulsa, Oklahoma Suzanne Schreiber Billboard 2022.jpg
A billboard for Schreiber's 2022 campaign on the corner of 21st Street and Harvard Ave in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Schreiber ran for the 70th Oklahoma House district in 2022 to succeed retiring Republican Senator Carol Bush. She faced Republican Brad Banks in the general election for the Tulsa house seat. [1] During the primary she was endorsed by the Tulsa World . [3] She defeated Banks in the November election, flipping the HD-70 to the Democratic Party. [15] She was sworn in on November 16, 2022. [16]

In March 2023, Schreiber and Meloyde Blancett broke with fellow house Democrats to support a bill to require all citizen review boards in the state to be composed of at least 2/3rds CLEET certified law enforcement officers. The bill passed the house and went to the Oklahoma Senate for approval. [17]

Electoral history

2014 Tulsa Public Schools School Board district 7 election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Suzanne Schreiber 749 76.58%
Nonpartisan Gene Beach22923.42%
Total votes978 100

In 2018, Suzanne Schreiber ran unopposed for re-election to Tulsa Public Schools School Board district 7 [19]

2022 Oklahoma House District 70 general election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Suzanne Schreiber 9,461 56.43%
Republican Brad Banks7,30543.57%
Total votes16,766 100%

Publications

Suzanne Schreiber, TPS board: Here's what I consider when thinking about sending kids back into classrooms, column in the Tulsa World. September 18, 2020. [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ While the Tulsa World does not name Diane Denish, she was the only female lieutenant governor of New Mexico at the time of the reporting.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 DenHoed, Andrea (11 October 2022). "Brad Banks, Suzanne Schreiber seek Tulsa's open HD 70". NonDoc. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Krehbiel, Randy (17 October 2022). "Brad Banks, Suzanne Schreiber face off in midtown Tulsa legislative race". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Endorsement: Suzanne Schreiber's experience good fit to represent House District 70". Tulsa World . 17 October 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Sherrow, Rita (13 December 1992). "CAMPUS CORNER". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Archer, Kim (9 February 2014). "Tulsans to vote on District 4, District 7 school board seats Tuesday". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Two Tulsa school board seats up for vote Tuesday". Tulsa World . 10 February 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Archer, Kim (2 February 2014). "5 people running for seats on TPS Board of Education". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Archer, Kim (12 February 2014). "Schreiber handily wins Tulsa school board seat". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Tulsa school board votes to consolidate west-side schools, take other cost-saving measures". Tulsa World . 15 May 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  11. ↑ Hardiman, Samuel (2 December 2017). "School board filing opens Monday; two TPS board members face re-election". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  12. ↑ Eger, Andrea (29 April 2019). "Teacher pay raise boosts Oklahoma to 34th in nation, new rankings find". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  13. ↑ Hinchey, Kyle (7 July 2020). "Disagreements arise as Tulsa school board chooses new president, vice president". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  14. ↑ Krehbiel-Burton, Lenzy (31 January 2022). "Four seeking seat on Tulsa Public Schools board; primary is Feb. 8". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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  16. ↑ Shular, Daniel (16 November 2022). "Photos: Lawmakers sworn in at Capitol on Oklahoma Statehood Day". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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  18. ↑ "February 11 2014 Oklahoma Official results". results.okelections.us. Oklahoma State Election Board . Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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  20. ↑ "November 8 2022 Oklahoma Official results". results.okelections.us. Oklahoma State Election Board . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  21. ↑ Schreiber, Suzanne (18 September 2020). "Suzanne Schreiber, TPS board: Here's what I consider when thinking about sending kids back into classrooms". Tulsa World . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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