Mike Jackson (born March 6, 1978) is a United States politician from the U.S. state of

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

. Jackson served in the

Oklahoma House of Representatives The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's b ...

as the Speaker Pro Tempore from 2013 to 2014. Elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from his hometown of

Enid, Oklahoma Enid ( ) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, a ...

in 2004, Jackson chose not to file for re-election in 2014.

Early life and career

Jackson was born in Kiowa, Kansas. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2000 and worked as a public information officer for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture. Jackson also worked as a field representative for U.S. Senator

Jim Inhofe James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committ ...

Political career

Jackson was first elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004. Jackson was recognized as the Oklahoma Public Employees Association's Legislator of the Year for his efforts on behalf of state employees during the 2011 legislative session. Jackson was elected by the House Republican Caucus to serve as Speaker Pro Tempore on in November 2012. Jackson joined the State Chamber of Oklahoma in 2014. On May 8, 2020, he was selected to lead the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency Oversight Committee.

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Living people Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Politicians from Enid, Oklahoma 1978 births 21st-century American politicians {{Oklahoma-politician-stub