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Micheal Bergstrom
2016 - Present
2028
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Micheal Bergstrom (Republican Party) is a member of the Oklahoma State Senate, representing District 1. He assumed office on November 23, 2016. His current term ends on November 22, 2028.
Bergstrom (Republican Party) won re-election to the Oklahoma State Senate to represent District 1 outright in the Republican primary on June 18, 2024, after the general election was canceled.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Bergstrom was assigned to the following committees:
- Administrative Rules Committee, Chair
- Education Committee
- Senate General Government Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
- Tourism and Wildlife Committee
2021-2022
Bergstrom was assigned to the following committees:
- Business, Commerce, and Tourism Committee
- Senate Public Safety Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee, Vice-Chair
2019-2020
Bergstrom was assigned to the following committees:
- Business, Commerce, and Tourism Committee
- Senate Public Safety Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee, Vice chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Oklahoma committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Appropriations |
| • Business, Commerce, and Tourism |
| • Education |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2024
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 1
Incumbent Micheal Bergstrom won election outright against Houston Brittain in the Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 1 on June 18, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Micheal Bergstrom | 53.4 | 3,328 |
| Houston Brittain | 46.6 | 2,907 | ||
| Total votes: 6,235 | |||
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Endorsements
Bergstrom received the following endorsements.
Pledges
Bergstrom signed the following pledges.
2020
See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2020
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 1
Incumbent Micheal Bergstrom won election outright against James Fuser in the Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 1 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Micheal Bergstrom | 64.7 | 4,981 |
| James Fuser | 35.3 | 2,723 | ||
| Total votes: 7,704 | |||
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2016
- See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Oklahoma State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 15, 2016. Incumbent Charles Wyrick (D) did not seek re-election.
Micheal Bergstrom defeated John Myers in the Oklahoma State Senate District 1 general election.[1]
| Oklahoma State Senate, District 1 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Micheal Bergstrom |
59.37% | 16,933 | |
| Democratic | John Myers | 40.63% | 11,590 | |
| Total Votes | 28,523 | |||
| Source: Oklahoma State Election Board | ||||
John Myers ran unopposed in the Oklahoma State Senate District 1 Democratic primary.[2][3]
| Oklahoma State Senate, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | John Myers (unopposed) | |
Micheal Bergstrom defeated David Rycroft and Joni Joan Charette in the Oklahoma State Senate District 1 Republican primary.[2][3]
| Oklahoma State Senate, District 1 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Micheal Bergstrom |
50.38% | 1,647 | |
| Republican | David Rycroft | 33.01% | 1,079 | |
| Republican | Joni Joan Charette | 16.61% | 543 | |
| Total Votes | 3,269 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Micheal Bergstrom did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Micheal Bergstrom did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
A profile of Bergstrom by Vote411.org highlighted the following issues:[4]
State budgets and fiscal policy
- Excerpt: "Subsidies to the oil & gas industry need to be reduced, production taxes need to be increased. Subsidies to the windmill industry need to be curtailed and production taxes imposed. An increase in the cigarette tax should be passed to support education and insureOklahoma. The legislature should be required to post online all bills up for consideration, in their entirety, at least 48 hours before they may be voted on. We should require all agencies to submit needs-based budgets rather than history-based budgets."
Education
- Excerpt: "Teacher pay is certainly an issue which will need to be addressed. The recent legislation which would have capped teacher insurance benefits, then imposed a new tax from which pay raises would be derived was a disaster waiting to happen. Stable funding for public education, especially K-12 schools must be created. Likewise, the musical chairs in school funding has to stop. For example, money from the lottery was supposed to supplement education, but the legislature just reduces funding elsewhere and education gets shafted. While I can't name specific legislation to defeat practices like this I would certainly be open to considering such legislation."
Incarceration
- Excerpt: "Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate of women and the fourth highest rate in the nation for men. Additionally, it costs our citizens about $19,000 per year per inmate, our prisons are currently at 104% of capacity and building more prisons does not seem a viable solution. So, it seems foolish to not consider prison reform."
- Excerpt: "Sentencing reforms would seem a likely first step, Increasing the felony property crime threshold would be one possibility. Reforming mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crimes such as drug possession should also be considered. However, I would argue that other things should be required, like drug treatment for drug convictions, restitution to victims in property crimes, and real community service. To help with recidivism, release supervision should be expanded, providing legal protection for employers who hire former inmates should be considered, and restrictions on drivers licenses revamped."
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 5 to May 30. Special sessions took place on January 29, 2024 and on July 15, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 6 to May 26.
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2022
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In 2022, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 7 to May 27.
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2021
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In 2021, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 1 to May 27.
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2020
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In 2020, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 3 to May 22.
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2019
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In 2019, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 4 through May 31.
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2018
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In 2018, the 56th Oklahoma State Legislature, second session, was in session from February 5 through May 3.
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2017
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In 2017, the 56th Oklahoma State Legislature, first session, was in session from February 6 through May 26. The legislature began a special session on September 25. The session ended on November 17. The legislature began another special session on December 18, which adjourned on December 22.
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2016
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In 2016, the 55th Oklahoma State Legislature, second session, was in session from February 1 through May 27.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Oklahoma State Senate District 1 |
Officeholder Oklahoma State Senate District 1 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 8, 2016," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oklahoma State Election Board, "2016 Candidate List Book (Official List of Candidates)," accessed April 18, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oklahoma State Election Board, "Official Results - Primary Election," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Vote411.org, "Micheal Bergstrom," accessed June 21, 2016
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Oklahoma State Senate District 1 2016-Present |
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