| 词条 | Debbe Leftwich |
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| name = Debbe Leftwich | image =Debbe Leftwich.jpg | caption = | state_senate = Oklahoma | district = 44th | term_start = 2003 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = Keith Leftwich | successor = Ralph Shortey | party = Democratic | birth_date = | birth_place = Chandler, Oklahoma | residence = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = 44th Senate District | majority = | spouse = Widowed (Senator Keith Leftwich) | children = Kevin and Kurt | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20040313073828/http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/leftwich_bio.html Senate website] | religion = }}Debbe Leftwich is a politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Leftwich was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2003 until 2010. She won the vacant seat through a special election after the death of her husband and former senator Keith Leftwich. She was a key figure in the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation for her role in a bribery scheme in which she was accused of agreeing to not run for re-election in 2010 in exchange for a state job with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). [1] Early lifeBorn in Chandler, Oklahoma, Leftwitch grew up in Wellston, Oklahoma where she graduated from Wellston High School. Leftwich's interest in politics began in high school with various mentors encouraging her passion. She went on to attend Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Central Oklahoma.[1] Political careerShe was elected in a special election on December 9, 2003 to fill the vacancy from District 44 left by her husband, Senator Keith Leftwich, who died of cancer in September 2003. Leftwich was re-elected in 2006.[2][3] Senate CommitteesLeftwich remained in office from 2003 until 2010.
CorruptionSenator Leftwich was a key figure in the 2010 Oklahoma political corruption investigation.[4][5] Boards, committees and commissionsAside from her service in the Oklahoma Legislature, Leftwich spent her time serving in a number of various organizations, including:[6]
Personal lifeLeftwich and her late husband have two sons, Kevin and Kurt. References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Finchum|first1=Tanya|title=Oral history interview with Debbe Leftwich|journal=Women of the Oklahoma Legislature|date=November 30, 2007|url=http://dc.library.okstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/legislature/id/270|accessdate=3 June 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Debbe Leftwich's Political Summary|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/23512/debbe-leftwich#.VW9OK2d0zcs|publisher=Vote Smart|accessdate=3 June 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Debbe Leftwich|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Debbe_Leftwich|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=3 June 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Debbe Leftwich, Former Oklahoma Senator, Found Guilty in Bribery Case|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/debbe-leftwich-guilty_n_4393949.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=3 June 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Court upholds bribery convictions of former legislators Randy Terrill, Debbe Leftwich|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/court-upholds-bribery-convictions-of-former-legislators-randy-terrill-debbe/article_129ca5c8-8e5c-52cb-9e6b-bea7b0cf261a.html|publisher=Tulsa World|accessdate=3 June 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=The Honorable Debbe Leftwich|url=http://www.ok.gov/ocsw/Membership/Senator_Debbe_Leftwich.html|website=ok.gov|publisher=OK Gov|accessdate=3 June 2015}}
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