Glenn Coffee

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Glenn Coffee
30th Oklahoma Secretary of State
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 11, 2011
Governor Mary Fallin
Preceded by M. Susan Savage
43rd President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
In office
2009–2011
Preceded by Mike Morgan
Succeeded by Brian Bingman
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 30th district
In office
1999–2011
Preceded by Howard Hendrick
Succeeded by David Holt (politician)
Personal details
Born 1967
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Lisa
Children Collin, Blaine, Anna, Kate
Residence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Profession Attorney, State Senator
Religion Baptist
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Virgil Glenn Coffee (born 1967) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the US state of Oklahoma. Coffee is currently the 30th Oklahoma Secretary of State, having been appointed by Governor Mary Fallin. He was the first Republican President Pro Tempore, having previously served as a Co-President Pro Tempore during the previous legislature.

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[edit] Early life and career

Coffee was raised in Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tahlequah, Oklahoma where he attended Northeastern State University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts before attending the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctor.[1]

Prior to serving in the Legislature, Coffee joined the Oklahoma law firm Phillips Murrah, P.C., where he continues a private practice.[1]

[edit] Political career

First elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1998, Coffee was re-elected to his final term in that body without opposition in 2006. In December 2006, Coffee became one of two Co-President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and 41st President Pro Tempore for a one-month term because of a tied Senate membership.[1] He was formally elected on the Constitutionally mandated organizational day on January 2, 2007.[1]

After the 2008 elections gave the Republicans outright control of the chamber on November 4, 2008, the Republican caucus elected Coffee as the President Pro Tempore on November 6, 2008.[1] Coffee's term as Republican leader was marred by personal tax problems, including a $28,000 federal tax lien, which Coffee later paid with a loan he refused to disclose details about. Due to term limits placed on him by the Oklahoma Constitution, Coffee was unable to seek re-election in 2010. However, almost immediately upon his legislative career's end Coffee was employed by new Governor Mary Fallin.

One of Coffee's important successes as President Pro Tempore has been the passage of a comprehensive lawsuit reform measure in Oklahoma, signed into law in May 2009.[2]

Coffee has repeatedly voted to repeal the state grocery tax and to institute mandatory insurance coverage for autism.[3]

[edit] Fallin Administration

Following the election of Mary Fallin as Governor of Oklahoma in November 2010, Coffee was named as the Co-Chairman of her Transition Committee. On January 4, 2011, Fallin named Coffee as her Secretary of State. As Secretary of State, Coffee will represent the Governor in budgetary and legislative discussions between the executive branch and the Oklahoma Legislature.[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Glenn Coffee Biography, Oklahoma Senate (accessed February 3, 2010).
  2. ^ "Oklahoma Gov. Signs Comprehensive Tort Reform Legislation," Insurance Journal, May 22, 2009 (accessed February 3, 2010)
  3. ^ Senator Glenn Coffee Voting Record, Project Vote Smart (accessed February 22, 2010).
  4. ^ Governor-elect Fallin names Glenn Cofee as Secretary of State, Office of Governor-elect Fallin, 1-4-2011

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