Dan Boren

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Dan Boren
United States Representative from Oklahoma's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office  2005
Preceded by	Brad Carson
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	August 2, 1973 Shawnee, Oklahoma
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Andrea Heupel Boren
Religion	Methodist

David Daniel "Dan" Boren (born August 2, 1973) is a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma, representing Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (map).

Contents 1 Early life 2 Political career 3 Committee Membership 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boren received a B.S. from Texas Christian University in 1997, and an MBA from the University of Oklahoma in 2000. He is the son of University of Oklahoma President and former Governor and former U.S. Senator David Boren. His grandfather, Lyle Boren, also served in the U.S. Congress — representing southeastern Oklahoma (Congressional District 3) from 1937 to 1947.

Boren is married to Andrea Heupel, the sister of OU football assistant coach Josh Heupel, and attends the Methodist Church.

[edit] Political career

Boren served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2002 to 2004, representing the 28th House District. In the 2004 elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, Boren ran as the Democratic candidate for Oklahoma's second congressional district, succeeding Rep. Brad Carson, who was retiring from the House to run for the United States Senate. He defeated Republican candidate Wayland Smalley by more than 85,000 votes (66% to 34%) and was inaugurated in the 109th Congress in January 2005. Boren was one of only two politicians endorsed by country singer Toby Keith, the other being President George W. Bush. Boren was re-elected in 2006.

[edit] Committee Membership

Boren, as of the 109th Congress, is a member of the following committees:

• United States House Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Projection Forces
  • Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
• United States House Committee on Resources
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health

Preceded by: Brad Carson

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district 2005 – present

Incumbent

[edit] External links

• Congressional Website
• Voting record maintained by the Washington Post

Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators: James Inhofe (R), Tom Coburn (R) Representative(s): John Sullivan (R), Dan Boren (D), Frank Lucas (R), Tom Cole (R), Ernest Istook (R) All delegations: Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands