Joe Newhouse
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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
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|image = File:Sen Joe Newhouse Flags 2022.jpg
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|state_senate = Oklahoma
|district = 25th
|term_start = November 17, 2016
|term_end = November 13, 2024
|predecessor = Mike Mazzei
|successor = Brian Guthrie
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|party = Republican
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Joe Newhouse is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 25th district from 2016 to 2024.
Early life and education
Newhouse graduated from Broken Arrow High School, Oklahoma.{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/government-and-politics/republicans-lisa-kramer-joe-newhouse-face-off-in-senate-district/article_d6c40d55-a420-5507-93ca-a8d56b016af4.html |title=Republicans Lisa Kramer, Joe Newhouse face off in Senate District 25 runoff |publisher=Tulsaworld.com |date=2016-08-20 |accessdate=2019-04-22}} He graduated from Georgetown University with a major in International Economics and earned a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University (Los Angeles, CA).
Career
As a Navy pilot he flew combat in the Iraq War in the EA-6B Prowler from the USS Nimitz carrier and was awarded the Air Medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/newhouse_bio.aspx |title=Senator Joe Newhouse - District 25 |publisher=Oksenate.gov |date= |accessdate=2019-04-22}} {{primary source inline|date=August 2023}} He taught air to air combat in the T-45C at Navy Flight School in Pensacola, Florida and was named Instructor Pilot of the Year.
= Political career =
Newhouse was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 and represents District 25, which includes South Tulsa County. He was re-elected by default in 2020.{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Tres |date=2020 |title=More than 40 Oklahoma legislators re-elected by default |work=NonDoc |url=https://nondoc.com/2020/04/10/46-oklahoma-legislators-re-elected-by-default/}} Newhouse announced he would retire and not seek re-election in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Faught |first1=Jamison |title=State Sen. Newhouse announces he will not seek reelection |url=https://www.muskogeepolitico.com/2023/08/state-sen-newhouse-announces-he-will.html |access-date=11 August 2023 |work=Muskogee Politico |date=August 11, 2023}}
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Category:People from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Category:Republican Party Oklahoma state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature
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