Debbe Leftwich

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Debbe Leftwich
In office
2003 – Present
Preceded by Keith Leftwich
Constituency 44th Senate District
Political party Democratic
Spouse the late Senator Keith Leftwich
Children Kevin and Kurt
Residence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Website Senator Leftwich's Official Senate Website
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Debbe Leftwich is a United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma and is a member of the Oklahoma Senate.

Born in Chandler, Oklahoma, Leftwitch grew up in Wellston, Oklahoma where she graduated from Wellston High School. She went on to attended Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Central Oklahoma. She was elected in a special election on December 9, 2003 to fill the vacancy from District 44 left by her husband, Senator Keith Leftwich, who died of cancer in September 2003. Leftwich was re-elected in 2006.

Leftwich and her late husband, Senator Keith Leftwich have two sons, Kevin and Kurt.

[edit] Senate Committees

  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary
  • Business and Labor - Co-Chair
  • Criminal Jurisprudence
  • Health and Human Resources
  • Transportation

[edit] Boards, Committees and Commissions

  • Chair of the Oklahoma Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Advisory Committee
  • Co-Chair of Oklahoma Women’s Legislative Caucus
  • Co-Chair of Oklahoma’s Cancer Caucus
  • Member of the Oklahoma Commission on Children & Youth’s Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention
  • Member of the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee
  • Member of the Department of Labor’s Worker Safety Policy Council
  • Governor’s appointee to the Oklahoma Health Information Security & Privacy Collaboration Steering Committee
  • Member of the Commission on the Status of Women
  • Member of the SKIL Board
  • Member of the League of Women Voters
  • Member of the American Legion Auxiliary
  • Member of the South OKC Chamber of Commerce

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