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Preceded by
  
Keith Leftwich

Children
  
Kevin and Kurt

Succeeded by
  
Ralph Shortey

Name
  
Debbe Leftwich


Role
  
Politician

Political party
  
Democratic

Party
  
Democratic Party

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Spouse(s)
  
widowed (Senator Keith Leftwich)

Education
  
Oklahoma Baptist University

Residence
  
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Constituency
  
44th Senate District

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Debbe Leftwich is a United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Leftwich was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2003 until 2010. She won the vacant seat through a special election after the death of her husband and former senator, Keith Leftwich. She was a key figure in the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation for her role in a bribery scheme in which she was accused of agreeing to not run for re-election in 2010 in exchange for a state job.

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Early life

Born in Chandler, Oklahoma, Leftwitch grew up in Wellston, Oklahoma where she graduated from Wellston High School. Leftwich's interest in politics began in high school with various mentors encouraging her passion. She went on to attend Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Central Oklahoma.

Political career

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.

Senate Committees

Leftwich was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2003 in a special election after the death of her husband and former senator, Keith Leftwich. She remained in office from 2003 until 2010.

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

    • Corruption

    Senator Leftwich was a key figure in the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation.

    Boards, Committees and Commissions

    Aside from her service in the Oklahoma Legislature, Leftwich spent her time serving in a number of various organizations, including:

  • 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 Oklahoma 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

    • Personal life

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

    References

    Debbe Leftwich Wikipedia
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