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Greg Laird
Greg Laird (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 66. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Laird completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Laird's professional experience includes working as an attorney. He earned a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma City University in 1993 and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1998.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 66
Incumbent Jadine Nollan defeated Greg Laird in the general election for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 66 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jadine Nollan (R) | 65.1 | 10,010 |
Greg Laird (D)  | 34.9 | 5,355 | ||
| Total votes: 15,365 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Greg Laird advanced from the Democratic primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 66.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 66
Incumbent Jadine Nollan defeated Emily DeLozier in the Republican primary for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 66 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jadine Nollan | 69.1 | 2,445 |
 | Emily DeLozier | 30.9 | 1,094 | |
| Total votes: 3,539 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Greg Laird completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Laird's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Georgetown University Law Center JD 1998
Greg Laird has been fighting for Oklahomans for his whole career. After earning his law degree at Georgetown University, Greg returned home to Oklahoma to work as an attorney, advocating for justice for everyday Oklahomans, both in private practice and with the Federal Oklahoma District Court. He currently works in the Tulsa County Public Defender's Office, working with youthful offenders, helping them to get their lives back on track.
Greg is married to Brandy, and he is the proud dad of Kate, Ella, Alexander, and Parker Rose.- Criminal Justice Reform- Oklahoma remains in the Top 5 states in terms of incarceration rates. Oklahoma taxpayers simply cannot sustain our overcrowded prisons and the skyrocketing costs. The current piecemeal approach by our state legislature is not working. The majority of Oklahomans support meaningful reform, yet in 2019, the state legislature only passed ONE reform bill. This is unacceptable. Greg Laird has decades of experience working in the criminal justice system and will be a strong leader for meaningful, practical, common sense reform.
- Health Care - Oklahomans should not have to face the choice between paying for groceries and paying for medicine or Health Care, yet these are exactly the kinds of choices many families are facing. Health Care costs have gone through the roof with no sign of slowing down. Our local hospitals struggle to stay open. Families are giving up larger percentages of their hard earned money just to have insurance.We are in a health care crisis and the State Legislature should be looking at every available avenue to address it for Oklahomans and make Health Care more accessible and affordable. As State Representative, Greg will fight for good, affordable Health Care for hard-working Oklahomans.
- Education Support- Our schools are still underfunded and understaffed. Overall state funding is still not keeping pace with the growing number of students in our schools. We are facing a dire teacher shortage in Oklahoma. Oklahomans want strong public schools, and our children deserve them. A strong education system is vital to growing our economy and workforce, and attracting top companies to our state. Greg will work to find real funding solutions to make Oklahoma schools, their educators and students thrive.
The focus needs to change to education so that people do not end up committing crimes. Imprisoning people has not led to less crime, it has actually led to more. We need to spend our tax dollars teaching people how to be good citizens and I believe that will in turn lower our crime rate. It will take bold leadership to make this change and I believe I am the person for the job.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 17, 2020
