Charles A. Wyrick is an American politician from the U.S. state of
Oklahoma
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. He served in the
Oklahoma Senate
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Delaware
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and
Ottawa
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counties. He served as Democratic
whip
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. He was re-elected in 2008 and 2012. He was forced to retire in 2016 due to term limits set forth in the
Oklahoma Constitution
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Wyrick started his family dairy in 1980 and is currently raising dairy cows. In 1990, he started a heavy equipment contracting business specializing in soil conservation work. He served on the board of directors of the Ottawa County Conservation District from 1999 through 2004.
Political career
Charles Wyrick was elected to office in 2004 and authored legislation in his first term to require convicted sex offenders to wear a Global Positioning system upon their release from incarceration.
After the 2006 election, Republicans and Democrats held an equal number of seats in the
Oklahoma Senate
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.Oklahoma Legislature
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