Tom Adelson is an American politician from Oklahoma. He was an Oklahoma State Senator representing the 33rd Senate District,located in Tulsa County,from 2004 to 2012. Adelson is a Democrat who was first elected in 2004. Prior to his election,Adelson served Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry's first Oklahoma Secretary of Health from 2003 to 2004.
The Oklahoma District Attorneys Council is an agency of the state of Oklahoma that provides professional organization for the education,training and coordination of technical efforts of all Oklahoma state prosecutors and to maintain and improve prosecutor efficiency and effectiveness in enforcing the laws of the state. The Council distinguishes itself from the District Attorneys Association,a private organization,in order to lobby the legislature,though it is composed of the same members.
James Paul Lankford is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party,Lankford has represented Oklahoma in the U.S. Senate since 2015. Before his Senate service,he represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.
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.
Nathan Ryan Dahm is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma State Senator for the 33rd district since 2012. Prior to holding office,Dahm worked as a missionary in Romania and was a Tea Party activist in Tulsa County. Dahm has thrice unsuccessfully sought federal office:first running for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district in 2010,then running for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district again in 2018,and then running for retiring senator Jim Inhofe's United States Senate seat in 2022. He is term-limited in 2024.
Justin J. J. Humphrey is an American politician who has served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 19th district,which covers parts of the counties of Choctaw,Pushmataha,Atoka,and Bryan. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected in the 2016 election and sworn in on November 16,2016.
Greg Treat is an American Republican politician from Oklahoma and the current President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate. He represents district 47,which includes parts of Oklahoma City,Edmond,Deer Creek,and Bethany. He has served in the Senate since 2011.
Terry O'Donnell is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who has served as the Oklahoma House Representative for the 23rd district since January 8,2013. He first won elected office in the 2012 Oklahoma state elections. In January 2021,O'Donnell was promoted to be the speaker pro tempore of the Oklahoma House of Representatives,the second highest ranking Republican Party of Oklahoma member in the state house. On December 17,2021,O'Donnell was indicted in relation to a tag agency corruption scandal. He resigned as speaker pro tempore on February 2,2022 but later rejoined House Republican leadership in 2023 as majority whip,"a position that involves coordinating the teams of legislators that whip vote counts ahead of key bills."
Kyle Hilbert is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the current speaker pro tempore. He has represented House District 29 since 2016.
Adam Pugh is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 41st district since 2016.
Julie Daniels is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 29th district since 2016.
The Fair Pay to Play Act,originally known as California Senate Bill 206,is a California statute that will allow collegiate athletes to acquire endorsements and sponsorships while still maintaining athletic eligibility. The bill would affect college athletes in California's public universities and colleges.
Kevin McDugle is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 12th district since 2016. He has appeared on Dr. Phil.
Jason Dunnington is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 88th district from 2014 to 2020.
Toni Hasenbeck is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 65th district since 2018.
Paul Rosino is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 45th district since 2017.
Mauree Nivek Rajah Salima Turner is an American politician and community organizer. A member of the Democratic Party,they have served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2021. Turner is the first publicly non-binary U.S. state lawmaker and the first Muslim member of the Oklahoma Legislature.
David Bullard is an American politician who was first elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2018.
Kevin West is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 54th district. Elected in November 2016,he first assumed office on January 9,2017.
April Rose Wilkens is an American woman serving a life sentence at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center after her conviction for the murder of Terry Carlton and the subject of the podcast series Panic Button:The April Wilkens Case. She was one of the first women to use battered woman syndrome in an Oklahoma trial,and claimed to have acted in self defense,but it did not work in her favor and she was still found guilty by a jury. Local Tulsa news stations still to this day are hesitant to cover her case due to Carlton's family owning and operating dealerships which buy ad time from them. Her case caused an "outcry from those who say she acted because of battered woman syndrome." As of 2022,she was going into her 25th year of incarceration.
