Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Celebrating Pride Month: Jim Roth, first openly gay person to hold a statewide elected office in Oklahoma



Jim Roth, born December 24, 1968 in Prairie Village, Kansas near Kansas City, was elected as Oklahoma County Commissioner in 2002, and re-elected in 2006. He became the first ever openly gay person to hold a statewide elected office in Oklahoma.

He served as one of three members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission from June 2007-January 2009.   He is now a professor of law at OCU's School of Law. 


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