Eddie Fields (born January 21, 1967) is an American politician from

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

. A Republican, Fields served as a member of 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 ...

from 2008 to 2010, and on the

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.Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The lieutenant governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. As first in the gubernatorial line of succession, the lieutenant governor becomes the new governor of Oklahoma upon the death, ...

in 2018.

Early life and career

Fields holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agri-Business from

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...

. Prior to his political career, Fields worked as a cattle rancher and a businessman.

Political career

Fields contested the 2006 legislative elections, and lost to Scott Bighorse. He defeated Bighorse in 2008, and became the only candidate during that election cycle to unseat an incumbent Oklahoma state representative. Fields formally took office on November 18, 2008, and served as a member of the

until 2010. He ran for election to the

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and restricting

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. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, Vice-chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services, and as a member of the Tourism and Wildlife, Energy, and Rules committees. Fields was one of four Republican candidates to seek the office of

Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The lieutenant governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. As first in the gubernatorial line of succession, the lieutenant governor becomes the new governor of Oklahoma upon the death, ...

in 2018.

References

External links

Eddie Fields at Ballotpedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fields, Eddie Living people Republican Party Oklahoma state senators 21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature 1967 births Ranchers from Oklahoma Candidates in the 2018 United States elections