P. Kay Floyd (born 1958/1959) is an American politician who represents the 46th district in 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.Democrat, her district includes parts of
Oklahoma City
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.
Political Career
She was first elected to 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' ...
in the 2012 state election and took office on November 14, 2012.
Floyd is the first openly lesbian representative elected to the Oklahoma legislature, and the second
LGBT
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person following Sen. Al McAffrey, who she succeeded in both the House and the Senate.
In 2023, she took part in a ceremony to honor the National Guard.
Education
Floyd received a
B.S.
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in Psychology from
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
in 1980, followed by a
J.D.
JD or jd may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''JD'' (film), a 2016 Bollywood film
* J.D. (''Scrubs''), nickname of Dr. John Dorian, fictional protagonist of the comedy-drama ''Scrubs''
* JD Fenix, a character from the ''Gears of War'' vi ...
from the
University of Oklahoma College of Law
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The College of Law was founded in 1909 by a resolution of the OU Boar ...
in 1983.
Professional experience
Floyd has had the following professional experience:
*Judge, Special Municipal Court, 1991–Present
*Judge, State Administrative Law Judge, 1991–Present
*Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma State University
*Attorney, Senior Citizen Division of Legal Aid
See also
*
List of first women lawyers and judges in Oklahoma
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