Kenneth A. Miller (born October 27, 1966) is an American

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and

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from

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. Miller was the 18th

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, having won that position in the 2010 state election and served the maximum 2 four year terms allowed under state term limits. Miller formerly served as a state representative for District 81 in the

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which included portions of

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. Miller was the chair of the House's Appropriations and Budget Committee, which had legislative oversight of

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and

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Early life

Ken Miller earned his Bachelor of Science degree from

Lipscomb University Lipscomb University is a private university in Nashville, Tennessee. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The campus is located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, between Belmont Boulevard to the west and Granny White Pike on ...

in 1989, his Master of Business Administration from

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in 1993, and a doctoral degree from the University of Oklahoma. He began his professional career in

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at First American National Bank before joining MediFax-EDS as the financial operations manager. He joined

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as a professor of Economics in 1998.

Keating Administration

In 1998, Republican incumbent

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was elected to his second term as governor. During that term, Governor Keating appointed Miller as the chairman of the

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. The board is responsible for establishing the salary received by each member of the legislature. While chairman, he worked to enforce a freeze on legislative salaries and rejected any increase in compensation during his four years leading the Board.

State representative

In 2004, Miller was elected as a Republican to the

, representing the 81st House District, during the 2004 elections that resulted in Republican control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1920. Miller was reelected in 2006 and 2008. Miller's financial background led his Republican colleagues to elect him as vice-chair of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee in 2006. One year later he was elevated to the position of chair, where he served for three years.

State treasurer

Ken Miller won the Republican nomination for state treasurer by defeating former State Sen. Owen Laughlin, earning 63% of the primary votes. In the general election, Ken Miller gained the endorsement of outgoing Democratic State Treasurer

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(who chose not to seek re-election), and thus handily defeated his Democratic opponent Stephen Covert by 2–1 margin, with Miller winning almost 67% of the vote and winning each of Oklahoma's 77 counties. Miller assumed office as state treasurer on January 10, 2011. He resigned effective January 2, 2019.

Electoral history

References

External links

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