- Scott Pruitt
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1968|5|9|mf=y
birth_place =Danville, Kentucky
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office = Oklahoma State Senator
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term_start = 1999
term_end = 2006
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successor = Bill Brown
party = Republican
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constituency = 36th Senate District
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footnotes =Scott Pruitt (born
May 9 1968 ) is aUnited States lawyer and Republicanpolitician from theU.S. state ofOklahoma . Pruitt was a State Senator, representing Tulsa and Wagoner counties from 1999 until 2006. Pruitt retired from the Senate to, in 2006, launch a failed campaign to receive the Republican nomination forLieutenant Governor of Oklahoma .Biography
Pruitt was born in
Danville, Kentucky in 1968. He attended Georgetown College and graduated in 1990 with aBachelor of Arts degrees inPolitical Science andCommunication s. He then moved toTulsa, Oklahoma when he attended theUniversity of Tulsa to earn aJuris Doctor in 1993. He passed thebar examination that same year.He entered into private practice in Tulsa where he specialized in Constitutional Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor Law, and Litigation & Appeals. After five years as an
attorney , Pruitt ran for, and was elect to, theOklahoma Senate in 1998, representing Tulsa and Wagoner counties. After only two years in the Senate, Pruitt was selected to serve as the Republican Whip from 2001 to 2003. He was then selected to serve as the Republican Assistant Floor Leader, a position he held until he resigned in 2006.In 2004, Pruitt became the General Managing Partner of theOklahoma RedHawks , Oklahoma City's Triple-A baseball club. Under his first season of leadership, the RedHawks saw a 25% increase in attendance. After two years, the team broke the all-time attendance record for minor league baseball in Oklahoma and saw a 45% increase in revenue.2006 Lieutenant Governor campaign
Pruitt sought the Republican nomination to replace outgoing Republican
Mary Fallin asLieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in the2006 Lt. Gubernatorial election . In theprimary election , Pruitt faced Nacy Riley and Speaker of the HouseTodd Hiett . Following the primaries onJuly 25 ,2006 , Pruitt received 34% of the vote, Riley receive 23%, and Hiett received 43%. Pruitt, according to Oklahoma state law, had to face Hiett in arunoff election in order to receive the party's nomination.Following the run-off election on
August 22 ,2006 , Pruitt received 63,812 votes and 49.08% as opposed to Hiett's 66,217 votes and 50.92%. Pruitt failed to received the nomination, with Hiett to face Democratic House Minority LeaderJari Askins in the November general election.References
* [http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/pruitt_bio.html Senate biography]
* [http://www.ScottPruitt.com Scott Pruitt for Lt. Governor]
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