Lydia D'Ross
Lydia D'Ross was a 2014 candidate for District 2 of the Tulsa, Oklahoma City Council.
In 2012, D'Ross was a Republican special election candidate for the Oklahoma House of Representatives.[1]
Biography
D'Ross holds a B.S. in psychology and Education from Ottawa University and a master's degree in public administration and homeland defense against terrorism from Regent University.[2]
Her professional experience includes working in the field of human rights and founding the National Hispanic Disaster Relief Network, LatinaREAL, HijasdeSion Governmental Prayer Network, Youth Hispanic Government Council and OK Cafe Con Leche Conservatives. She is also a chaplain and serves on numerous community boards.[3][4]
Political involvement
D'Ross has the following political experience:[4]
- Former Newt Gingrich State Hispanic Director
- Legislative Analyst , Senator James Battin (R, CA)
- Executive Board Member, Tulsa County Republican GOP
- Served as a delegate on numerous occasions
- Chair, Precinct and Vice Chair (OK)
- President, Oklahoma Cafe Con Leche Conservatives
- Faith-based campaign volunteer mobilizers, Lankford, Fallon, Bridenstine, Dahm, Garcia,
- Political Analyst, OK Conservative Dot Blog
- White Correspondent & Foreign Affairs, EL Nacional Mundo Fox
- Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women, First Lady Induction 2013
- Member, National Federation of Republican Women
- Member, Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women
- Associate Member, The Republican Club (Summit Club)
- Associate Member, The Men's Republican Club
- Voter's Registration FUERZA
- Advisory Board Member, City of Tulsa Mayor and Police Community Coalition
Elections
2014
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma held nonpartisan city council elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014, for races in which more than two candidates filed to run. Because one candidate received a majority of the votes in the primary election for District 2, its general election was called off. Incumbent Jeannie Cue defeated Aaron L. Bisogno and Lydia D'Ross.[5][6]
2012
Daniel Sullivan (R) resigned effective November 30, 2011, in order to take a position as CEO of the Grand River Dam Authority. A special election was held on April 3, 2012, to select a replacement. The race took place in the state's new legislative districts.[7][8]
This election was invalidated. The initial count gave Dan Arthrell (D) a three-vote lead over Katie Henke (R). After a recount on April 11, Henke took the lead by one vote and the local election board certified the results. However, after the recount, two more ballots were found under a machine--both cast for Arthrell. On April 17, the Oklahoma Supreme Court put a stay on state certification until the court could review the results. On April 30, the Supreme Court ruled the election invalid, saying that the winner could not be determined with "mathematical certainty" as required by Oklahoma law. Given the approaching general election, another special election was not scheduled to fill the seat.[9][10][11]
Recent news
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See also
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Tulsa, Oklahoma city council elections, 2014
- United States municipal elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on October 27, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on August 27, 2014
- ↑ CHESED, "About Lydia," accessed August 31, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Information submitted through email to Ballotpedia on September 18, 2014
- ↑ Tulsa World, "Ewing, Cue, Henderson win re-election; one seat still undecided," June 25, 2014
- ↑ Tulsa County, "Official candidate list," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ NewsOK.com, "Redistricting raises question in special elections for Oklahoma legislative seats," November 15, 2011
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Special Election for State Representative, District 71," February 14, 2012
- ↑ News OK, "Oklahoma Supreme Court tosses out special House District 71 election results," May 1, 2012
- ↑ KRMG, "Oklahoma Supreme Court will review recount results in House race," April 17, 2012
- ↑ Tulsa World, "Provisional ballots don't change outcome of HD 71 race, recount scheduled," April 6, 2012
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