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Anastasia A. Pittman (born July 19, 1970) is an American and
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politician from the state of
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. She has served on the
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized b ...
General Council since 2021 representing the Dosar Barkus Band. She represented the 99th district in the
Oklahoma House of Representatives The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions, provide legislative oversight for state agencies, and help to craft the state's ...
, as a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman served in the House from 2006 to 2014. In April 2014, she filed to run for an
Oklahoma Senate The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma, the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.Constance N. Johnson. Pittman was elected to the
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, she was the Democratic Party nominee for
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in Oklahoma.


Early life

Pittman was born on July 19, 1970, in
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,
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. Her mother was also a member of the
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized b ...
. Her family moved back and forth from Miami to
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every summer. During one summer, Pittman's parents did not return on time for her and her brother and their grandmother enrolled them in school in Oklahoma. Pittman's grandmother later became her
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and Pittman finished high school and college in Oklahoma. Pittman graduated from Star Spencer High School.


Education

She earned a
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degree in
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and public relations in 1999 from the
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and a
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in Education and Behavioral Science from
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in 2002.


Oklahoma legislature


House of Representatives

She served in the
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from 2006 to 2014. In 2013 Pittman was selected to lead the Legislative Black Caucus of the
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.


Oklahoma Senate

Pittman served in the
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2016 Oklahoma County Court Clerk campaign

Pittman ran for Oklahoma County Clerk in 2016, losing to Rick Warren.


2018 Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor campaign

Pittman ran for
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in
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, facing Anna Dearmore in the Democratic primary. She won the Democratic primary with 50.4% of the vote. She lost the general election to
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, receiving 34.5% of the vote.


Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council

Pittman ran for one of the Dosar Barkus Band's seat in 2021 against three other candidates, with the two top vote earners winning a seat. Pittman and Terry Loy Edwards won the election.


2022 Oklahoma County Commissioner campaign

Pittman announced her intention to run against incumbent Oklahoma County Commissioner Carrie Blumert in November 2021. Blumert and Pittman also faced Christine Byrd and Kendra Coleman, an Oklahoma County District Judge removed from office in September 2020 for misconduct. Pittman placed first in the June primary and advanced to a runoff alongside Blumert. She lost the August runoff to Blumert.


2025 Oklahoma County Commissioner campaign

Pittman filed to run for a special election to fill an open seat on the
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Board of Commissioners in December 2024. Incumbent commissioner Carrie Blumert resigned to work in the private sector, triggering a special election. In the February Democratic primary she faced
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councilor Sara Bana and state representative Jason Lowe. Lowe won the Democratic primary.


Electoral history


References


External links

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Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project -- OSU Library
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