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Melissa McLawhorn Houston
Melissa McLawhorn Houston was the commissioner of labor in Oklahoma from 2015 to 2019. A Republican, she was appointed to the office by Governor Mary Fallin (R) on November 10, 2015, for a term beginning December 1, 2015, and ending in January 2019.[1]
Biography
Houston previously served as chief of staff in the offices of the Oklahoma attorney general and the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security. She also served as the deputy director for the Oklahoma Sheriffs Association and as an attorney for the Oklahoma Truth in Sentencing Policy Advisory Commission.[2]
Elections
2018
Melissa McLawhorn Houston did not file to run for re-election.
Political career
Oklahoma commissioner of labor (2015-2019)
Houston was appointed as Oklahoma labor commissioner by Governor Mary Fallin (R) on November 10, 2015. She assumed office on November 20. Houston filled a vacancy created when the former officeholder, Mark Costello (R), died on August 23, 2015.[3] Houston was appointed to serve the remainder of Costello's four-year term. She did not seek election to a full term in 2018.[1]
Chief of staff, Attorney General's Office
Houston was the chief of staff and policy adviser for Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) from 2011 until her appointment as labor commissioner in 2015.[1]
Chief of staff, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security
Houston was the chief of staff for the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security for nine years.[1]
Elections
2000
In 2000, Houston ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for a state House seat in Norman, Oklahoma.[1]
Appointments
2015
Governor Mary Fallin appointed Houston as Oklahoma labor commissioner on November 10, 2015.[1]
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Sean Murphy, KRMG, "Fallin names AG's chief of staff as new labor commissioner," November 10, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "appt" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Oklahoma Office of the Department of Labor, "Melissa McLawhorn Houston, Commissioner of Labor," accessed August 5, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Oklahoma labor commissioner fatally stabbed; adult son arrested for murder," August 24, 2014
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| Preceded by Mark Costello (R) |
Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor 2015-2019 |
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