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The Oklahoma Senate is composed of 48 members, [1] each representing an electoral district in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2019, the majority of seats are held by Republicans. The current President Pro Tempore is Greg Treat of Oklahoma City.
Gene Stipe was the longest-serving member of the Oklahoma Senate from 1957 until his resignation in 2003 following conviction of felony charges. Todd Lamb, the former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma and President of the Oklahoma Senate, previously served as a state senator. Brad Henry, former Governor of Oklahoma
The Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate are the two houses that make up the bicameral state legislature. There are 101 state representatives, each serving a two-year term, and 48 state senators, who serve four-year terms that are staggered so only half of the Oklahoma Senate districts are eligible in each election cycle ...
Jonathan Wingard was raised on his grandparents dairy farm and later served 19 years in the Oklahoma National Guard, including deployments in Kuwait and Afghanistan. [1] He is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation . [ 2 ]
Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907, and elects United States senators to class 2 and class 3. The state's current U.S. senators are Republicans James Lankford (serving since 2015) and Markwayne Mullin (serving since 2023). Oklahoma's longest-serving senator was Jim Inhofe, who served from 1994 to 2023.
In recognition of her "advocacy and support of higher education in her role as a member of the Education committee," Boren was the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Service Award for Higher Education from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the Council of College and University Presidents. [3]
On February 1, 2021, Standridge introduced Senate Bill 658, which would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools and was amended to also restrict school mask mandates; the bill passed both houses of Oklahoma's state legislature and was signed into law by Oklahoma's governor on May 28, 2021. [8] [9] [10]
Since the early-1990s, Haste has worked in sales, marketing, and business management. He is the senior vice president for business development at Surya, a home furnishing company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Haste was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2018 and assumed office on November 16, 2018. [1] [2]