Josh Brecheen

Josh Brecheen
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
Preceded by	Jay Paul Gumm
Personal details
Born	June 19, 1979 Ada, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kacie
Children	Micah, Mikayla, Colt
Residence	Coalgate, Oklahoma
Alma mater	Oklahoma State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Occupation	motivational speaker
Religion	Christian

Josh Brecheen is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He currently serves in the Oklahoma Senate, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall counties.

Personal life

Brecheen attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, until he was elected as the state National FFA Organization president ^[1] in April 1997.^[2] After retiring from the FFA, he graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2002 with a dual degree in animal science and agricultural communications.

He owns a motivational speaking business, called Brecheen Keynotes and Seminars.^[1] He has given presentations to over 600,000 people in many U.S. states. He also served as a field representative for U.S. Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma for almost six years before his election. In this position, he worked directly with constituents, and assessed government programs for fraud, waste, and abuse.

For the past three years he has introduced legislation to attempt to hobble science teaching in his represented state of Oklahoma. The proposed bills attempt to thwart the establishment clause of the constitution by imposing his personal and unsupported religious views onto science education.

Senate career

Brecheen was elected to the Senate in 2010. According to his biography on the state legislature webpage (), he will focus on job creation, low taxation, and reduction of government waste while in the Senate.

He serves on the Education, Judiciary, Retirement and Insurance, and the Rules committee in the Senate,^[1] as well as the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.

Brecheen has repeatedly introduced legislation into the state house that would, in effect, promote the teaching of religious views of creation in tax-payer funded public schools (). These efforts have, to date, been unsuccessful.

Election results

2014 Oklahoma State Senate District 6 election[3]
	Republican	Josh Brecheen	9,505	53.6%
	Democratic	Joe B. Hill	7,888	44.5%
	Independent	Vicki J. Gaylor	339	1.9%
Turnout			17,732
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

2010 Oklahoma State Senate District 6 election[3]
	Republican	Josh Brecheen	11,719	56.77%
	Democratic	Jay Paul Gumm	8,925	43.23%
Turnout			20,644
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

1. "Senate - Oklahoma Legistature". Oklahoma State Legislature. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
2. "OkFFA-Champions-Josh Brecheen". Oklahoma FFA. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
3. "SUMMARY RESULTS: General Election -- November 4, 2014". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved November 5, 2014.