Cory T. Williams is an American attorney and Democratic politician from the

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of Oklahoma. He currently served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the District 34 State Representative from 2009 to 2019. The seat was formerly held by Terry Ingmire, a

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. He was first elected to the seat in 2008.

Early life and career

Born and raised in Stillwater, Cory Williams graduated in 1996 from Stillwater High School. Williams attended

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, where he was an active student leader. Williams completed his B.S. in political science with an emphasis in Applied Politics in 2001 and an M.S. in International Trade and Development from the OSU School of International Studies in 2003. While in graduate school Williams was awarded the Boeing Company Fellowship for his overseas work with American Airlines. He completed his J.D. degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2006. After completing law school, Cory decide to return to Stillwater in 2006 to raise his sons, Kase and Canton. Currently, Cory runs a law firm in Stillwater and is an active member of the Payne County, Oklahoma and

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s. Cory sits on the Board of the Stillwater

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, and the Board of the Payne County Youth Shelter.

Political career

Williams entered the race for District 34 State Representative and won his seat in what was broadly considered a Republican stronghold. Williams narrowly defeated Aaron Carlson by 63 votes. In his re-election bid in 2010 he was attacked for his vote against State Question 755 which banned the use of ''Sharia law'' and ''international law'' in court decisions. His opponent sent mail pieces attacking him by having William's picture beside a shadowy figure with Arab appeal. He won by 280 votes. Throughout his time as a state representative, Williams championed criminal justice reform. Williams served at the Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and sat on the House Committees for Judiciary-Criminal Justice and Corrections, Public Safety, and Higher Education and Career Tech. He left his seat to run for district attorney. Williams lost the race. His seat was filled by Trish Ranson.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Cory T. Living people Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives People from Stillwater, Oklahoma 21st-century American politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Native American politicians Cherokee Nation state legislators in Oklahoma