Susan Paddack

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Susan Paddack
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 13th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2004
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Gary Paddack
Residence Ada, Oklahoma
Alma mater Brownfield High School,
University of Colorado,
East Central University
Profession educator
Religion Presbyterian

Susan Paddack is a Democratic politician and former educator in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She currently serves in the Oklahoma State Senate representing District 13, which includes Pontotoc and Hughes counties and parts of Garvin and Coal counties, since 2004. As of 2013, she serves as Minority Whip and Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee.

Paddack was a candidate for the role of Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, but ultimately failed to win the election against her Republican opponent, Janet Barresi.

Prior to her political career, Paddack was a science teacher and adjunct professor.

Early life

Susan Paddack was born in Baytown, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Colorado and a master's of education degree from East Central University. Paddack and her husband moved to Ada, Oklahoma in the early 1980s.[1]

Paddack was Director of Local Education Foundation Outreach for the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for over nine years.[2] She was also a science teacher in secondary schools as well as adjunct faculty member in the Education Department at East Central University.[3]

Political career

In 2004 Paddack was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate where she currently serves. Paddack was named "50 Women Making a Difference" in Oklahoma by the Journal Record in 2004 [4] and 2008.[5]

Paddack ran for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction in the 2010 election, but was defeated by Republican Janet Barresi.

References

  1. ↑ Senator Susan Paddack - District 13 official State Senate website]
  2. ↑ Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence press release
  3. ↑ Susan Paddack -- Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project
  4. ↑ Susan Paddack Senate site
  5. ↑ 50 Making a Difference, The Journal Record, 2008

External links

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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