Carl Bert Albert was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1947 to 1977.
Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.
Alfred Alexander Taylor,known as Alf Taylor,was an American politician and lecturer from eastern Tennessee. He served as the 34th governor of Tennessee from 1921 to 1923,one of three Republicans to hold the position from the end of Reconstruction to the latter half of the 20th century. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives,from 1889 to 1895.
Henry Bonilla is a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Rodriguez,a former Democratic member of Congress,in a special election runoff held on December 12,2006. His term expired January 3,2007 when the 110th Congress officially began.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955.
The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 2,the 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with Democrat Jimmy Carter's presidential election and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats decided in this election changed parties,Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democratic Party.
David Daniel Boren is an American businessman and politician who is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation,based in Oklahoma. He is a retired American politician,who served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district from 2005 to 2013. The district included most of the eastern part of the state outside of Tulsa. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He also served as a State Representative in the 28th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
John Russell Carnahan is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2013.
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The 32 Senate seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and six special elections were held to fill vacancies. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic opposition. This small change was just enough to give Democrats control of the chamber with the support of an Independent who caucused with them.
In American politics,a conservative Democrat is a member of the Democratic Party with conservative political views,or with views that are conservative compared to the positions taken by other members of the Democratic Party. Traditionally,conservative Democrats have been elected to office from the Southern states,rural areas,the Rust Belt,and the Midwest. In 2019,the Pew Research Center found that 14% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters identify as conservative or very conservative,38% identify as moderate,and 47% identify as liberal or very liberal.
Floyd Davidson Spence was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat,in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party,as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
The politics of Oklahoma exists in a framework of a presidential republic modeled after the United States. The governor of Oklahoma is both head of state and head of government,and of a pluriform two-party system. Executive power is exercised by the governor and the government. Legislative power is vested in the governor and the bicameral Oklahoma Legislature. Judicial power is vested in the judiciary of Oklahoma. The political system is laid out in the 1907 Oklahoma Constitution.
Choctaw Country is the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation's official tourism designation for Southeastern Oklahoma. The name was previously Kiamichi Country until changed in honor of the Choctaw Nation headquartered there. The current definition of Choctaw Country includes ten counties,being Coal,Atoka,Bryan,Choctaw,McCurtain,Pushmataha,Le Flore,Latimer,Haskell,and Pittsburg counties. The department created the term as one of six designated travel regions within the state. However,other definitions of Southeastern Oklahoma may include additional counties.
Larry Jack Mildren,was an All-American quarterback at the University of Oklahoma,and professional football player with the Baltimore Colts and New England Patriots. A native Texan,he was later an oil company owner,elected as the 13th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma,and enjoyed a career as a successful bank executive in Oklahoma.
William Kent Brewster was an American pharmacist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,Brewster was a U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district from 1991 to 1997 and served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990.
Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district is the largest congressional district in the state,covering an area of 34,088.49 square miles,over 48 percent the state's land mass. The district is bordered by New Mexico,Colorado,Kansas,and the Texas panhandle. Altogether,the district includes a total of 32 counties,and covers more territory than the state's other four districts combined. It is one of the largest districts in the nation that does not cover an entire state.
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district is one of five United States congressional districts in Oklahoma and covers approximately one-fourth of the state in the east. The district borders Arkansas,Kansas,Missouri,and Texas and includes a total of 24 counties.
The 1994 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1994,and was a race for Governor of Oklahoma. Former United States Associate Attorney General Frank Keating pulled an upset in the three-way race to become only the third Republican governor in Oklahoma history.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas were held on November 6,2018,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Kansas,one from each of the state's four congressional districts.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 8,2022,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The primary elections for the Republican. Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022.
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