Mike Schulz (born March 5, 1964) is an American politician who served as a member of the

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. He attended

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and received a bachelor's degree in

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

Career

He has worked with several agricultural organizations in Oklahoma, including the Young Farmer and Rancher Committee and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.

Oklahoma Senate

Mike Schulz first entered Oklahoma politics in May 2006, when he won a Senate seat in a special election. He later served as

President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate The President ''pro tempore'' of the Oklahoma Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the Oklahoma Senate and the highest-ranking state senator. The Oklahoma Constitution designates the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma as the highest-r ...

. He was previously the Majority Floor Leader in the Oklahoma Senate. In his position, he serves as an

ex-officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term ''ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...

member of all Senate committees. In the Senate, he voted to repeal the state's income tax, restrict abortions, as well as prohibit federal health care mandates. Schulz authored legislation meant to protect Oklahoma agriculture by having the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is a department of the government of Oklahoma under the Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture. It is responsible for providing services and expertise that promote and protect Oklahoma's food s ...

regulate livestock as he explained in a 2009 guest column to ''

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''.Schulz, Mike
Seeking to protect important industry
''The Oklahoman'' April 3, 2009 (accessed March 29, 2013).

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Schulz, Mike 1964 births 21st-century American politicians Living people Republican Party Oklahoma state senators Oklahoma State University alumni People from Altus, Oklahoma People from Roger Mills County, Oklahoma