John D. Doak is an American
Republican politician
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from
Oklahoma
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who served as the 12th
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner.
Biography
After graduating from the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ...
in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, Doak launched a branch of the
Farmers Insurance Group in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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. Doak would later leave Farmers to work for various other insurance companies, eventually being promoted to corporate level positions. Doak is a former board member for the Tulsa Ronald McDonald House, the Tulsa Opera, and Dillon International Adoption Agency. He previously served as a member of the Oklahoma Governor's Round Table for Business Development.
Doak was elected as Insurance Commissioner in 2010, defeating incumbent Democratic opponent
Kim Holland.
Personal life
John Doak and his wife, Debby, live in Tulsa with their two children, Kasey and Zack.
Electoral history
External links
Official State biography
21st-century Oklahoma politicians
Living people
Oklahoma insurance commissioners
Oklahoma Republicans
Politicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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