Emilie Tindle
Emilie Tindle (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 11. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Tindle completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tindle grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Highland Community College from 2015 to 2016. As of her 2020 campaign, she was attending Oklahoma State University. Her career experience includes working at Tarp Chapel and Gardens from 2012 to 2013, at the EyeDoctors, Optometrists, from 2014 to 2016, at the LASIK Vision Institute from 2016 to 2018, and at Plato's Closet Broken Arrow from 2017 to 2019.[1]
Organizations
As of her 2020 campaign, Tindle was affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- National Technical Honors Society, Member
- American Historical Association, Student Member
- Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, Member
Elections
2020
See also: Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 11
Wendi Stearman defeated Emilie Tindle in the general election for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wendi Stearman (R) | 67.8 | 12,333 |
 | Emilie Tindle (D)  | 32.2 | 5,866 | |
| Total votes: 18,199 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Emilie Tindle advanced from the Democratic primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 11.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 11
Wendi Stearman defeated incumbent Derrel Fincher in the Republican primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 11 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendi Stearman | 55.5 | 3,098 |
 | Derrel Fincher | 44.5 | 2,483 | |
| Total votes: 5,581 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Emilie Tindle completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Tindle's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Emilie grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Early on, she learned the values of faith and hard work from her tight-knit family and local community.
A 2014 alumnus of Tulsa Technology Center's Vision Care Technologies program, she's worked in healthcare as an eye doctor's assistant in Oklahoma, Kansas, and across the Midwest. Changing career directions, she recently revamped a social media program for a small Oklahoma business. With her working class background, Emilie understands the need for good employer-employee relations and the necessity of fair negotiation in the workplace.
Today, Emilie lives in Collinsville, Oklahoma. Since 2014, she's been married to James since 2014. She is a non-traditional student at Oklahoma State University pursuing a BA in History. Through university research and civic involvement, she exercises her skills of bringing people together and advocating for diverse perspectives. Emilie is active in the House District 11 community, is a member of the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, and strives to help Oklahoma thrive wherever and whenever possible.- Healthcare: The health of our state is reflected in the health of our citizens. Oklahoma consistently ranks poorly on healthcare issues compared to other states. It's time to improve health outcomes for Okies!
- Education: Education cuts have repeatedly harmed Oklahoma's schools and our youngest citizens. We are not living up to our constitutional requirement to provide good public educations to Oklahoma's children.We need to ensure that learning at any age is encouraged and sacred in our state.
- Economy & Labor: While the general economy has improved over the last decade, many Oklahomans have not felt meaningful stability or growth. We need to diversify our economy and our tax base for 21st century growth. Oklahoma's workers deserve better workplace protections and better negotiation power with employers.
With my working class background, I love labor policy and making the workspace better for all parties. Work is essential to our lives and our state, it's even in our state motto. Therefore, I think it's vital to ensure that Oklahoma workplaces are safe, take proper care of those providing labor, and are fairly negotiating with workers.
I believe that Oklahomans want to care for themselves and their families. I believe that Oklahomans want a shot at life, liberty, and happiness. I also believe in a fair system that doesn't get in their way, abuse their labor, or exploit their lives.
Building a better Oklahoma takes hard work, it takes people coming together, and it takes a lot of love. The word "building" indicates work because we know that Okies aren't grifters. We know that striving for a fair state isn't cheating the system or asking for a handout, but rather is striving for fulfillment of the hard work we have invested in the state, in our workplaces, and in our communities.
Love to y'all!
For example, Mitt Romney nuanced the conversation of impeachment by breaking with his party and voting his conscience. His action fits into a longer history of American leaders breaking with group to pursue what they believe to be right. As a student of the U.S.-Mexican War, his example reminds me of the "Immortal Fourteen" who refused to vote for Polk's War Bill in 1846.
I look up to Democrats who carefully engage with progressive ideas, balancing new thoughts and research with knowledge of the past and familiarity with the US Constitution. These people don't throw around historical quotes without their actual context, but rather approach problems and legislation with a desire to truly understand the stakes, potential outcomes, and historical realities. Despite some flaws, I think Elizabeth Warren is a good example of this type of legislator.
Finally, I look up to agitators who just do the next right thing in the right way, even if that way is strong and unpopular in its own historical moment. For example, the Grimke sisters were banned from the South for speaking against slavery. Lucretia Mott and Lucy Stone refused to minimize the cause of black male suffrage to obtain female suffrage, unlike Cady Stanton and Anthony. Frederick Douglass took on the racist North and struggled for progress, not only for himself, but also for interests in which he did not have a direct stake.
Next, elected officials should be teachable. No person can know everything, especially elected officials. They should rely on experts for top-perspectives and quantitative evidence and their constituents for anecdotal and qualitative views. Recognizing one's own limitations gives one the power to seek help, advice, and input.
Then, elected officials should recognize the limitations of government. Not everything has a legislative solution, and unnecessary rules only hurt they don't help. Understanding the limits of government often comes from familiarity with community structures, the needs of individual voters, and knowledge of the state and its history.
Additionally, because bills concerning state appropriations must originate in the State House, Representatives must stay informed on how to innovate, the need for state diversification, and how best to manage the state purse. While the Senate certainly gets a say, I think Representatives again are in a unique position to both better know the needs of their districts and push them through with appropriations.
Essentially, my background will inform my perspective and how I work, but I still need to learn the functions, mechanisms, and rules of government if I don't know them. Certainly, I can use my past to inform my present, but I should not live in government by the rules of my past. Business rules are for businesses, medical rules for the medical fields, and the function of governments and game of politics have their own which should be learned as well.
Oklahoma has the potential to lead the nation in solar and wind energy. We should pursue these avenues without stifling budding industries. We can prioritize our industrial sectors, especially aeronautics. Traditionally, our farms have fed the state and the nation. Continuing good agricultural development and sustainable farming methods are vital to our economic and environmental success.
These moves require the prioritization of all levels of education, the proper funding of such education, a good healthcare infrastructure, and the political will to break new ground. Recently, businesses have left the state because of our education system and because we couldn't train enough workers for specialized industries. We can't let this happen again, especially in industries that we are trying to expand.
Ideally, all parties would negotiate with respect, seek to keep power balanced between the branches ordained in the Oklahoma Constitution, and strive for the interests of the state and its people above all else.
Good relationships are built on respect, good intentions, and a desire to seek the interests of others instead of self. Suspension of ego is vital for good relationships.
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See also
2020 Elections
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