Kevin Calvey

Kevin Calvey (born July 13, 1966) is an American politician who serves as an Oklahoma County Commissioner for District 3.[1]

Kevin Calvey
Member of the Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County from District 3
Assumed office
January 2, 2019
Preceded byRay Vaughn
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 82nd district
In office
November 18, 2014 – November 15, 2018
Preceded byMike Turner
Succeeded byNicole Miller
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 94th district
In office
November 18, 1998 – November 16, 2006
Preceded byGary Bastin
Succeeded byScott Inman
Personal details
Born (1966-07-13) July 13, 1966
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican

Calvey previously was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006 and from 2014 to 2018. Calvey served in the Oklahoma National Guard.[2][3]

He ran a unsuccessful bid for Congress and also threatened to set himself on fire on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Calvey declared his candidacy in 2017 for the District 3 Commissioner of Oklahoma County, seeking to represent portions of Oklahoma City, Edmond and Arcadia.[1] Calvey won the nomination in the June 26th Republican primary. Calvey resigned from the House of Representatives, following the November 6, 2018 general election where he was elected as an Oklahoma County Commissioner.

Calvey was sworn in at the Oklahoma County Commissioners meeting on January 3, 2019.[4]

Electoral history
2018 Oklahoma County election - District 3 Commissioner
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Calvey 59,450 57.6
Democratic Thomas Parkhurst, Jr. 43,798 42.4%
Total votes 103,248 100.0%
Republican hold

References
  1. "District Three | Oklahoma County, OK". www.oklahomacounty.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  2. "Lawmaker soldier home from war". Normantranscript.com. 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. "Representative Kevin Calvey". Okhouse.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. "Incoming county commissioners plan to focus on jail reform". Oklahoman.com. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
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