Josh Brecheen

Josh Brecheen is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He currently serves in the Oklahoma Senate, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall counties.

Josh Brecheen
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 6th district
In office 2010–2019
Preceded by	Jay Paul Gumm
Succeeded by	David Bullard
Personal details
Born	June 19, 1979 Ada, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kacie
Children	Micah, Mikayla, Colt
Residence	Coalgate, Oklahoma
Alma mater	Oklahoma State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Occupation	Motivational speaker

Personal life

Brecheen attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, until he was elected as the state National FFA Organization president [1] in April 1997.[2] After retiring from the FFA, he graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2002 with a dual degree in animal science and agricultural communications.

He owns a motivational speaking business, called Brecheen Keynotes and Seminars.[1]

Senate career

Brecheen was elected to the Senate in 2010.

He serves on the Education, Judiciary, Retirement and Insurance, and the Rules committee in the Senate,[1] as well as the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.

Brecheen has repeatedly introduced legislation into the state house that would promote the teaching of religious views of creation in tax-payer funded public schools.[3] These efforts have, to date, been unsuccessful. During the teacher walkouts of April 2018, Breechen introduced an amendment to tax zero-emission industries in order to fund education, rather than taxing oil and gas companies that are well-represented in Oklahoma.

Election results

2014 Oklahoma State Senate District 6 election[4]

	Republican	Josh Brecheen	9,505	53.6%
	Democratic	Joe B. Hill	7,888	44.5%
	Independent	Vicki J. Gaylor	339	1.9%
Turnout			17,732
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

2010 Oklahoma State Senate District 6 election[5]

	Republican	Josh Brecheen	11,719	56.77%
	Democratic	Jay Paul Gumm	8,925	43.23%
Turnout			20,644
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

1. "Senate - Oklahoma Legislature". Oklahoma State Legislature. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
2. "OkFFA-Champions-Josh Brecheen". Oklahoma FFA. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
3. "Antiscience bill in Oklahoma - NCSE". ncse.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
4. "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 4, 2014". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
5. "SUMMARY RESULTS: General Election -- November 2, 2010". Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved November 5, 2014.