Dale DeWitt

Dale DeWitt


House Majority Leader
In office 2011–2012
Oklahoma State Representative
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002
Preceded by	Jim Reese
Constituency	38th House District
Personal details
Born	(1950-01-17) 17 January 1950 Blackwell, Kay County Oklahoma, United States
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Carol Grell DeWitt
Children	Garrett DeWitt, Camille Holt
Residence	Braman, Kay County, Oklahoma
Alma mater	Northern Oklahoma College Oklahoma State University
Occupation	Rancher, farmer
Profession	Farmer, rancher, retired educator
Religion	Christian

Dale DeWitt (born January 17, 1950) is a United States politician from Oklahoma. DeWitt currently serves in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He served as Majority Leader and Majority Floor Leader during 2011 and 2012.^[1]

Early life and career

DeWitt was born in Blackwell in Kay County in northern Oklahoma. In 1970, he received an associate's degree from Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa. He then procured his Bachelor of Science in 1973 in agriculture education from Oklahoma State University at Stillwater.^[2]

DeWitt worked as an educator from 1973-2001, primarily for the Braman, Oklahoma school district.^[2]

Political career

DeWitt was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in a special election in 2002 to fill the seat vacated by fellow Republican Jim Reese, who joined the George W. Bush administration in Washington, D.C.

DeWitt served as part of the leadership team under House Speaker Kris Steele, serving as Majority Leader and Majority Floor Leader. He contributed to and co-authored the redistricting bill in 2011.

In the 2012 legislative session, DeWitt authored legislation to protect Oklahoma's food supply against contamination from ricin, an extract of castor beans.^[3]

References

↑ GOP DeWitt named House floor leader, Tulsa World. Published November 5, 2011.
1 2 Representative Dale DeWitt, Project Vote Smart. Accessed August 16, 2012.
↑ Krehbiel, Randy. Oklahoma legislators want castor beans to be outlawed, Tulsa World. Published Nov. 6, 2011.

Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives

54th Legislature (2013-2015) Speaker of the House: T.W. Shannon (R) Speaker pro Tempore: Mike Jackson (R) Majority Leader: Pam Peterson (R) Minority Leader: Scott Inman (D)

Curtis McDaniel (D) John R. Bennett (R) James Lockhart (D) Mike Brown (D) Doug Cox (R) Chuck Hoskin (D) Larry Glenn (D) Ben Sherrer (D) Marty Quinn (R) Steve Martin (R) Earl Sears (R) Wade Rousselot (D) Jerry McPeak (D) Arthur Hulbert (R) Ed Cannaday (D) Jerry Shoemaker (D) Brian Renegar (D) Donnie Conditt (D) R. C. Pruett (D) Bobby Cleveland (R) Dustin Roberts (R) Charles McCall (R) Terry O'Donnell (R) Steve Kouplen (D) Todd Thomsen (R) Justin Wood (R) Josh Cockroft (R) Tom Newell (R) Skye McNiel (R) Mark McCullough (R) Jason Murphey (R) Jason Smalley (R) Lee Denney (R) Cory Williams (D) Dennis Casey (R) Sean Roberts (R) Steve Vaughn (R) Dale DeWitt (R) Marian Cooksey (R) Mike Jackson (R) John Enns (R) Lisa Johnson Billy (R) Colby Schwartz (R) Emily Virgin (D) Aaron Stiles (R) Scott Martin (R) Leslie Osborn (R) Pat Ownbey (R) Tommy Hardin (R) Dennis Johnson (R) Scott Biggs (R) Charles Ortega (R) Mark McBride (R) Paul Wesselhoft (R) Todd Russ (R) David Perryman (D) Harold Wright (R) Jeff W. Hickman (R) Mike Sanders (R) Dan Fisher (R) Gus Blackwell (R) T.W. Shannon (R) Don Armes (R) Ann Coody (R) Joe Dorman (D) Jadine Nollan (R) Pam Peterson (R) Glen Mulready (R) Fred Jordan (R) Ken Walker (R) Katie Henke (R) Seneca Scott (D) Kevin Matthews (D) David Derby (R) Dan Kirby (R) David Brumbaugh (R) Eric Proctor (D) Jeannie McDaniel (D) Weldon Watson (R) Mike Ritze (R) Randy Grau (R) Mike Turner (R) Randy McDaniel (R) Sally Kern (R) David Dank (R) William Fourkiller (D) Jason Nelson (R) Kay Floyd (D) Rebecca Hamilton (D) Jon Echols (R) Mike Reynolds (R) Richard Morrissette (D) Mike Christian (R) Scott Inman (D) Charlie Joyner (R) Lewis Moore (R) Mike Shelton (D) John Trebilcock (R) Anastasia Pittman (D) Elise Hall (R) Gary Banz (R)

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