Scott Martin (born December 28, 1971) is a

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politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee and the representative for House District 46. Martin was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in November 2006. He resigned in May 2017 to lead the

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Chamber of Commerce.

Early life and career

Born in

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

, Scott Martin graduated from Tulsa Memorial High School in 1991 and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the

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in 1995. He married Angela on May 22, 2004. He has worked as a public employee for the cities of

Norman, Oklahoma Norman () is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, with a population of 128,097 as of 2021. It is the largest city and the county seat of Cleveland County, and the second-largest city in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, b ...

and

Noble, Oklahoma Noble is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,481 at the 2010 census. Noble is Cleveland County's third-largest city behind Norman and Moore. History On ...

Political career

Scott Martin was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2005. In his 2008 re-election bid, he said he supported the proper use of all road user fees for road maintenance, limited state government and reductions to the state income tax rate. Oklahoma House Speaker

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announced the appointment of the Norman Republican as chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee in 2012. A Norman Transcript editorial called Scott Martin "a reasonable, visionary lawmaker who understands the state's strengths and priorities and the funding requirements needed to get there."Congratulations, Scott Martin, on legislative committee post
''Norman Transcript, December 4, 2012 (accessed April 4, 2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Scott Living people Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Politicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma People from Norman, Oklahoma Businesspeople from Oklahoma 1971 births 21st-century American legislators 21st-century Oklahoma politicians