Frank Lucas (Oklahoma legislator)
Frank Lucas | |
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Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee | |
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Collin Peterson |
Succeeded by | Mike Conaway |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 3rd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Wes Watkins |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 6th district |
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In office May 10, 1994 – January 3, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Glenn English |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Dean Lucas January 6, 1960 Cheyenne, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Lynda Lucas |
Alma mater | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Frank Dean Lucas (born January 6, 1960) is an American politician. Lucas is the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2003, having previously represented the 6th district, from 1994 to 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party and chairs the House Committee on Agriculture. His district, numbered as the 6th district from 1994 to 2003, is the largest congressional district in the state and one of the largest in the nation that does not cover an entire state. It covers 34,088.49 square miles and stretches from the Panhandle to the fringes of the Tulsa suburbs—almost half of the state's land mass.
Contents
United States House of Representatives
Committee assignments
- Committee on Agriculture (Chairman)
- As Chair of the full committee, Rep. Lucas may sit on all subcommittees as an ex officio member.
- Committee on Financial Services
- Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Legislation
On April 7, 2014, Lucas introduced the Customer Protection and End User Relief Act (H.R. 4413; 113th Congress) into the House.[1] The bill would reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission through 2018 and amend some provisions of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.[2][3]
Political campaigns
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Oklahoma House of Representatives
He first ran for the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1984 as a Republican against the incumbent Democrat, narrowly losing. A second attempt in 1986 also fell short, but he won in 1988. He lost in 1990 after the legislature made his district somewhat friendlier to Democrats. However, he returned in 1992.
U. S. House of Representatives
In 1994, 6th district Congressman Glenn English stepped down to become a lobbyist for rural electric cooperatives. Lucas won the Republican nomination for the special election on May 10. He faced Dan Webber, press secretary to former Governor and U.S. Senator David L. Boren, now president of the University of Oklahoma. The 6th was already by far the largest in the state, stretching from the Panhandle to the town of Spencer, in the far northeastern Oklahoma City metropolitan area. However, the state legislature had redrawn it so that it included many poor Oklahoma City neighborhoods that had never voted Republican. Lucas scored a major upset; he won by eight percentage points, carrying 18 of the district's 24 counties. His victory has been seen by some pundits as an early sign of the wave six months later that saw the Republicans take control of the House for the first time in 40 years. Lucas himself won a full term in that wave and has been re-elected seven times, never dropping below 59 percent of the vote, and even ran unopposed in 2002 and 2004.
Lucas' district was renumbered as the 3rd after Oklahoma lost a district in the 2000 Census. His already vast district was made even larger. He lost most of his old district's share of Oklahoma City, which was home to 60 percent of the district's population. He once represented much of the downtown area, including the site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. He still represents that portion of the city located in Canadian County. To make up for this large population loss, the 3rd was pushed further to the east, picking up part of the Tulsa area (including a small portion of Tulsa itself) and some rural areas. As a result, his district now includes 48.5 percent of the state's landmass, and is nearly as large as the state's other four districts combined.
2014 Republican primary
In the 2014 Republican primary, Lucas won 83% of the vote. 12% went to Robert Hubbard; and 5% went to Timothy Ray Murray.[4]
Electoral history
Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
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1992 | Glenn English * | 134,734 | 68% | Bob Anthony | 64,068 | 32% | ||||||||
1994 | Jeffrey S. Tollett | 45,399 | 30% | Frank D. Lucas | 106,961 | 70% | ||||||||
1996 | Paul M. Barby | 64,173 | 36% | Frank D. Lucas | 113,499 | 64% | ||||||||
1998 | Paul M. Barby | 43,555 | 33% | Frank D. Lucas | 85,261 | 65% | Ralph B. Finkle, Jr. | Independent | 2,455 | 2% | ||||
2000 | Randy Beutler | 63,106 | 39% | Frank D. Lucas | 95,635 | 59% | Joseph V. Cristiano | Libertarian | 2,435 | 2% |
* English resigned mid-term, and Lucas won the special election to succeed him against Democratic opponent Dan Webber.
Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
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2002 | (no candidate) | Frank D. Lucas | 148,206 | 76% | Robert T. Murphy | Independent | 47,884 | 24% | ||||||
2004 | (no candidate) | Frank D. Lucas | 215,510 | 82% | Gregory M. Wilson | Independent | 46,621 | 18% | ||||||
2006 | Sue Barton | 61,749 | 33% | Frank D. Lucas | 128,042 | 67% | ||||||||
2008 | Frankie Robbins | 62,297 | 24% | Frank D. Lucas | 184,306 | 70% | Forrest Michael | Independent | 17,756 | 7% | ||||
2010 | Frankie Robbins | 45,684 | 22% | Frank D. Lucas | 161,915 | 78% |
Personal life
Lucas is a fifth-generation Oklahoman; his family has farmed in western Oklahoma for over 100 years. He lives in Cheyenne with his wife, Lynda. They have three children and one grandchild.[6]
References
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External links
- Congressman Frank Lucas official U.S. House site
- Frank Lucas for Congress
- Frank Lucas at DMOZ
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 6th congressional district 1994–2003 |
Constituency abolished |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district 2003–present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by | Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 2011–2015 |
Succeeded by Mike Conaway |
United States order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
Preceded by | United States Representatives by seniority 55th |
Succeeded by Lloyd Doggett |
- Articles with DMOZ links
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Republicans
- Oklahoma State University alumni
- People from Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives