Kevin Calvey
Kevin Calvey | |
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Member of the Board of County Commissioners of Oklahoma County from District 3 | |
Assumed office January 2, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ray Vaughn |
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 82nd district | |
In office November 18, 2014 – November 15, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Mike Turner |
Succeeded by | Nicole Miller |
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 94th district | |
In office November 18, 1998 – November 16, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Gary Bastin |
Succeeded by | Scott Inman |
Personal details | |
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | July 13, 1966
Political party | Republican |
Kevin Calvey (born July 13, 1966) is an American politician who serves as an Oklahoma County Commissioner for District 3.[1]
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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Kevin Calvey | 59,450 | 57.6 | ||
Democratic | Thomas Parkhurst, Jr. | 43,798 | 42.4% | ||
Total votes | 103,248 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
References[]
- ^ a b "District Three | Oklahoma County, OK". www.oklahomacounty.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ "Lawmaker soldier home from war". Normantranscript.com. 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Representative Kevin Calvey". Okhouse.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Incoming county commissioners plan to focus on jail reform". Oklahoman.com. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Milwaukee
- Oklahoma National Guard personnel
- Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Oklahoma Republicans