Todd Lamb (born October 19, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 16th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A

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, he was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2004 to 2011. For the

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, Lamb's fellow Republican state senators elected him as their Majority Floor Leader. As Majority Leader, Lamb was the second highest ranking state senator, behind then-

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. On July 1, 2009, Lamb filed to run for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in the 2010 elections to succeed outgoing lieutenant governor

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, who stepped down to run for

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. Lamb ran for governor in the

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, placing in third in the primary to former

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mayor

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and

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businessman Kevin Stitt, who became the eventual GOP nominee and governor-elect. On June 2, 2019, Lamb announced that he would become a panelist of ''Flash Point'', a locally-produced Sunday morning political talk show on NBC affiliate

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in Oklahoma City, effective at the start of the program's June 16 broadcast. He took over the conservative panelist seat being vacated by former Oklahoma City mayor Kirk Humphreys.

Early life and education

Lamb is the son of Norman Lamb, a former Oklahoma state senator and the former Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs under Governor Brad Henry. Lamb was raised in

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, and graduated from

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.Barron, Robert,
Lamb:Oklahoma poised for great things
, ''Enid News & Eagle'', June 13, 2011 Lamb attended

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, where he was member of the

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team. After two years at La. Tech, he transferred to

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where he received his bachelor's degree. Todd also received his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2005.

Career

In 1993, he joined

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's campaign for Governor of Oklahoma, and was subsequently appointed to the Governor's staff following the November 1994 election. He resigned from the Governor's staff in order to become a special agent with the

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in 1998, where he conducted numerous criminal investigations relating to counterfeiting, bank fraud, identity theft, and threats against the president of the United States. During the 2000 presidential election campaign, he served as a site supervisor for

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's campaign. In 2001, he was appointed to the national

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, and following the

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, was assigned to assist in the investigation of the attacks.

Oklahoma Senate

Lamb was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2004 to 2011, representing the 47th Senate District (which includes part of Oklahoma City as well as Edmond). He faced no opposition in the 2008 election. In August 2009,he introduced a bill requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and offer women information about the tests before performing abortions. The bill was struck down. As majority floor leader, Lamb was ''ex officio'' member of all committees.

Lieutenant Governor

On July 1, 2009, Lamb filed to run for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in the 2010 elections. Senator Lamb made his announcement in late August 2009. As part of the announcement, Senator Lamb held events in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Enid, and Lawton. Lamb faced four Republican primary election opponents in John A. Wright (R- Broken Arrow), a member of the Oklahoma State House, Bill Crozier (a former Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction), Bernie Adler (an Oklahoma City real estate investor), and Paul Nosak (a tree removal service owner from Oklahoma City), and won the primary election with over 66% of the votes cast, thus avoiding a runoff. In the general election, Lamb faced Democrat Kenneth Corn and independent candidate Richard Prawdzienski and won with over 64% of the votes cast. During his tenure, Lamb served in the cabinet of

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as Small Business Advocate. He resigned from that position on February 16, 2017, due to his opposition to proposed tax increases.

2018 gubernatorial campaign

Lamb ran in the Republican primary for

in the 2018 election. He lost the primary election on June 26 to Mick Cornett, former mayor of Oklahoma City, and businessman Kevin Stitt. Stitt won the runoff and later defeated former attorney general

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in the November general election.

Election results

November 4, 2008, Election results for Oklahoma State Senator for District 47 November 4, 2014, Election results for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma

References

External links

Office of the Lieutenant Governor Website

Todd Lamb for Lt. Governor

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