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James Leewright
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Prior offices
Oklahoma House of Representatives District 29

Oklahoma State Senate District 12
Successor: Todd Gollihare

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James Leewright (Republican Party) was a member of the Oklahoma State Senate, representing District 12. He assumed office on November 23, 2016. He left office on November 23, 2022.

Leewright (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Oklahoma State Senate to represent District 12. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Leewright served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing District 29 from 2014 to 2016.

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Leewright was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Leewright was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Oklahoma committee assignments, 2017
Appropriations
Business, Commerce, and Tourism, Vice chair
Retirement and Insurance
Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Leewright served on the following committees:

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.


Campaign themes

2016

Leewright told the newspaper Tulsa World that the biggest issues in this election are "education, economic development, and securing rural hospitals and nursing homes." He said:[1]

I feel like I can better serve my constituents on the Senate side. [2]

—James Leewright[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2022

James Leewright did not file to run for re-election.

2018

See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Oklahoma State Senate District 12

Incumbent James Leewright defeated Rick Parris in the general election for Oklahoma State Senate District 12 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Leewright
James Leewright (R)
 
74.3
 
18,581
Rick Parris (D)
 
25.7
 
6,425

Total votes: 25,006
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 12

Rick Parris advanced from the Democratic primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 12 on June 26, 2018.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 12

Incumbent James Leewright advanced from the Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 12 on June 26, 2018.

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James Leewright

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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 Brian Bingman (R) did not seek re-election.

James Leewright ran unopposed in the Oklahoma State Senate District 12 general election.[3]

Oklahoma State Senate, District 12 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png James Leewright  (unopposed)
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board


James Leewright defeated Patrick Kennedy in the Oklahoma State Senate District 12 Republican primary.[4][5]

Oklahoma State Senate, District 12 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png James Leewright 75.54% 3,455
     Republican Patrick Kennedy 24.46% 1,119
Total Votes 4,574

2014

See also: Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Oklahoma House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 11, 2014. Robert Talley was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while James Leewright and Dani Thompson-Fields defeated Geron Ledbetter and Clayton McKinzie in the Republican primary. Leewright defeated Thompson-Fields in the August 26 primary runoff. Leewright defeated Talley in the general election.[6][7][8]

Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 29 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJames Leewright 75.8% 6,155
     Democratic Robert Talley 24.2% 1,969
Total Votes 8,124
Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 29 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJames Leewright (advanced to runoff) 37% 1,085
Green check mark transparent.pngDani Thompson-Fields (advanced to runoff) 32% 938
Clayton McKinzie 17.5% 512
Geron Ledbetter 13.5% 396
Total Votes 2,931
Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 29, Run-off Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJames Leewright (advanced to general election) 51.9% 952
Dani Thompson-Fields 48.1% 883
Total Votes 1,835

Campaign finance summary


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James Leewright campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018Oklahoma State Senate District 12Won general$188,282 N/A**
2014Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 29Won $70,400 N/A**
Grand total$258,682 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Oklahoma State Legislature was in session from February 7 to May 27.

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2019


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2017


2016


2015



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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Oklahoma State Senate District 12
2016-2022
Succeeded by
Todd Gollihare (R)
Preceded by
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Oklahoma House of Representatives District 29
2014-2016
Succeeded by
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