Tad Jones (born October 23, 1972) is a United States Republican politician from Oklahoma. Jones 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 Majority Floor Leader.2009 State Legislative LeadershipNational Conference of State Legislatures
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. 10-14-09 Jones was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1998. Due to term limits placed on him by the

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, his final term ended in November 2010. He currently resides in Claremore with his wife Samantha and their three children, Logan, Blake and Connor.Tad Jones Complete BioVoteSmart.org
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Early life and career

Jones was born in Tucson, Arizona on October 23, 1972. His parents are Ted and Corky (Burkert) Jones. Tad graduated from Oologah High School in 1991 and then went to the University of Mississippi as a walk-on QB. Tad Jones transferred to the University of Tulsa in 1993 where he was a walk-on QB for the Golden Hurricane and he eventually gained a football scholarship. He graduated from Tulsa University in 1996 and he earned a degree in marketing. Jones is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Rotary International.

Political career

Jones entered the Legislature in 1998 as a Republican in the then Democrat-controlled

. For several years, rarely did more than one of his bills become law. By 2005, however, Jones was seeing more success with three bills from the 2005 legislative session signed into law, including the "Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act".Bill Tracking
, Oklahoma House of Representatives (accessed February 3, 2010) Prior to becoming House Majority Leader, Jones served as the chair of the House education committee. Education bills he has authored and that were signed into law include a bill that created Oklahoma's Academic Achievement Award (AAA) and a measure that authorized the Board of Education to license teachers from the Teach for American program.

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