Candidate · State Senate, District 12
Todd Gollihare
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Oklahoma Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve or reject many of the governor's picks for top state jobs. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 12 (since 2022)
- Occupation
- Retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and retired Chief U.S. Probation Officer
- Lives in
- Sapulpa
Background
- Grew up in Stratford; earned a B.S. in business administration from East Central University and a law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law. source: oksenate.gov
- Served 24 years as a U.S. Marine Corps officer (1986-2011), retiring as a lieutenant colonel. source: oksenate.gov
- Chief U.S. Probation Officer for the Northern District of Oklahoma until retiring in April 2021. source: oksenate.gov
- Served on the Kellyville Board of Education from 2004 to 2016. source: oksenate.gov
- Sworn in to the Senate in November 2022; won the June 16, 2026 Republican primary with 69.6% of the vote. source: theballotbrief.com
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