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The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house in the Oklahoma Legislature, the state legislature of Oklahoma. It consists of 48 members representing one of each 48 Oklahoma districts. There are 48 state senators; they represent 48 districts. The composition of each district is outlined in the Oklahoma Constitution, Section V-9a, which states:

the nineteen most populous counties, as determined by the most recent Federal Decennial Census, shall constitute nineteen senatorial districts with one senator to be nominated and elected from each district; the fifty-eight less populous counties shall be joined into twenty-nine two-county districts with one senator to be nominated and elected from each of the two-county districts. [1]

The senators serve two-year terms.

Party Balance

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 22
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 26
Total 48

List of current members

District Representative Party Residence Towns in District
1 Charles Wyrick Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Fairland Miami, Grove, Jay
2 Sean Burrage Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Claremore Claremore, Pryor
3 Jim Wilson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tahlequah Tahlequah, Stillwell
4 Kenneth Corn Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Howe Sallisaw, Poteau
5 Jerry Ellis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Valliant Valliant
6 Jay Paul Gumm Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Durant Durant
7 Richard Lerblance Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Hartshorne McAlester, Wilburton
8 Roger Ballenger Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Okmulgee Okmulgee, Henryetta
9 Earl Garrison Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Muskogee Muskogee, Fort Gibson
10 Joe Sweeden Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Pawhuska Pawhuska, Fairfax
11 Judy Eason McIntyre Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tulsa Tulsa
12 Brian Bingman Image:Reddot.png Republican Sapulpa Sapulpa, Bristow
13 Susan Paddack Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Ada Ada
14 Johnnie Crutchfield Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Ardmore Ardmore
15 Jonathan Nichols Image:Reddot.png Republican Norman Norman
16 John Sparks Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Norman Norman, Purcell
17 Charlie Laster Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Shawnee Shawnee
18 Mary Easley Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Grand Lake Towne Wagoner, Tulsa
19 Patrick Anderson Image:Reddot.png Republican Enid Enid
20 David Myers Image:Reddot.png Republican Ponca City Ponca City
21 Jim Halligan Image:Reddot.png Republican Stillwater Stillwater
22 Mike Johnson Image:Reddot.png Republican Kingfisher Kingfisher
23 Ron Justice Image:Reddot.png Republican Chickasha Chickasha
24 Anthony Sykes Image:Reddot.png Republican Moore Moore, Duncan
25 Mike Mazzei Image:Reddot.png Republican Tulsa Tulsa, Broken Arrow
26 Tom Ivester Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Sayre Elk City, Sayre, Mangum
27 Bryce Marlatt Image:Reddot.png Republican Woodward Woodward
28 Harry Coates Image:Reddot.png Republican Seminole Seminole
29 John Ford Image:Reddot.png Republican Bartlesville Bartlesville
30 Glenn Coffee Image:Reddot.png Republican Oklahoma City Oklahoma City
31 Don Barrington Image:Reddot.png Republican Lawton Lawton
32 Randy Bass Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Lawton Lawton
33 Tom Adelson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tulsa Tulsa
34 Randy Brogdon Image:Reddot.png Republican Owasso Owasso, Tulsa
35 Gary Stanislawski Image:Reddot.png Republican Tulsa Tulsa
36 Bill Brown Image:Reddot.png Republican Broken Arrow Broken Arrow, Tulsa
37 Dan Newberry Image:Reddot.png Republican Tulsa Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby
38 Mike Schulz Image:Reddot.png Republican Altus Altus, Weatherford
39 Brian Crain Image:Reddot.png Republican Tulsa Tulsa
40 Cliff Branan Image:Reddot.png Republican Oklahoma City Oklahoma City
41 Clark Jolley Image:Reddot.png Republican Edmond Edmond
42 Cliff Aldridge Image:Reddot.png Republican Midwest City Midwest City
43 Jim Reynolds Image:Reddot.png Republican Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Del City
44 Debbe Leftwich Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Oklahoma City Oklahoma City
45 Steve Russell Image:Reddot.png Republican Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Moore
46 Andrew Rice Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Oklahoma City Oklahoma City
47 Todd Lamb Image:Reddot.png Republican Edmond Edmond, Oklahoma City
48 Constance Johnson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Oklahoma City Oklahoma City

Standing committees

The Oklahoma Senate has fifteen standing senate committees. They are:[2]

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