Rhonda Eastman
What this job does: Despite the name, this job isn't about corporations in general. It is one of three people who approve the rates utility companies charge you for electricity and natural gas, and who oversee oil and gas drilling, pipelines, trucking and gas station fuel pumps. A term is six years.
- Occupation
- Private-sector worker; former state employee
- Lives in
- Spiro
Background
- Worked 16 years for the state at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission before returning to the private sector. source: newsfromthestates.com
- Born in Tulsa, grew up in LeFlore County and graduated from Spiro High School. source: nondoc.com
- Has worked in trucking, utilities and construction; has never held elected office. source: nondoc.com
- Won the June 16, 2026 Democratic primary with nearly 70% of the vote. source: sequoyahcountytimes.com
In their own words
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- Pause new data center construction while the state studies their impact source: newsfromthestates.com
- Address rising utility costs and advocate for ordinary ratepayers source: newsfromthestates.com
- More regulation of injection wells and orphaned oil and gas wells source: news9.com
- Does not accept donations from industries the commission regulates source: newsfromthestates.com
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