Rick Brinkley

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Rick Brinkley
Senator, Oklahoma Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2, 2010
Personal details
Political party Republican

Rick Brinkley is a Republican politician from Oklahoma who is serving as a member of the Oklahoma Senate.

Early life and career

Rick Brinkley attended Langston University, the Oral Roberts University School of Theology, and the Oklahoma State University School of Education.[1] He was pastor of the Collinsville Community Church for ten years, and spent ten years working in television. He was the President/CEO of Eastern Oklahoma's Better Business Bureau from 1999 to 2011, and is now its Chief Operating Officer.[2]

Political career

Brinkley entered politics when he was elected in 2010 by Oklahoma's Senate District 34 to serve in the Oklahoma Senate. In the Senate, he is the Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Appropriations, Business and Commerce, and Health and Human Services Committees, as well as the Sub-Committee on Education.[3] In the Senate, he has voted in favor of repealing the state's income tax and requiring proof of citizenship for Presidential candidates. He has voted to define life as beginning at conception, and to require that physicians inform abortion patients of fetal heartbeat, but he failed to vote on a bill to impose restrictions on abortions.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rick Brinkley". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Senator Rick Brinkley - District 34". Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Rick Brinkley". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Rick Brinkley Key Votes". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
Members of the Oklahoma State Senate
   
  1.    Charles Wyrick (D)
  2.    Sean Burrage (D)
  3.    Wayne Shaw (R)
  4.    Mark Allen (R)
  5.    Jerry Ellis (D)
  6.    Josh Brecheen (R)
  7.    Larry Boggs (R)
  8.    Roger Ballenger (D)
  9.    Earl Garrison (D)
  10.    Eddie Fields (R)
  11.    Jabar Shumate (D)
  12.    Brian Bingman (R)
  1.    Susan Paddack (D)
  2.    Frank Simpson (R)
  3.    Rob Standridge (R)
  4.    John Sparks (D)
  5.    Ron Sharp (R)
  6.    Kim David (R)
  7.    Patrick Anderson (R)
  8.    Ann J. "AJ" Gay Griffin (R)
  9.    Jim Halligan (R)
  10.    Rob Johnson (R)
  11.    Ron Justice (R)
  12.    Anthony Sykes (R)
  1.    Mike Mazzei (R)
  2.    Tom Ivester (D)
  3.    Bryce Marlatt (R)
  4.    Harry Coates (R)
  5.    John Ford (R)
  6.    David Holt (R)
  7.    Don Barrington (R)
  8.    Randy Bass (D)
  9.    Nathan Dahm (R)
  10.    Rick Brinkley (R)
  11.    Gary Stanislawski (R)
  12.    Bill Brown (R)
  1.    Dan Newberry (R)
  2.    Mike Schulz (R)
  3.    Brian Crain (R)
  4.    Cliff Branan (R)
  5.    Clark Jolley (R)
  6.    Cliff Aldridge (R)
  7.    Corey Brooks (R)
  8.    Ralph Shortey (R)
  9.    Kyle Loveless (R)
  10.    Al McAffrey (D)
  11.    Greg Treat (R)
  12.    Constance Johnson (D)
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