John D. Doak

{{short description|American politician}}

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|office = Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma

|governor = Kevin Stitt

|term_start = January 10, 2011

|term_end = January 14, 2019

|predecessor = Kim Holland

|successor = Glen Mulready

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|party = Republican

|education = University of Oklahoma (BA)

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John D. Doak is an American Republican politician from Oklahoma who served as the 12th Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner.

Biography

After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, Doak launched a branch of the Farmers Insurance Group in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Republican Primary Election, 2010

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

|%

Republican

|John Crawford

|92,924

|41.68

Republican

|John Doak

|87,274

|39.14

Republican

|Mark Croucher

|42,772

|19.18

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Republican Primary Runoff Election, 2010

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

|%

Republican

|John Doak

|84,573

|70.56

Republican

|John Crawford

|35,295

|29.44

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Election, 2010

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

|%

Republican

|John Doak

|555,740

|54.48

Democratic

|Kim Holland (inc.)

|464,310

|45.52

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Republican Primary Election, 2014

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

|%

Republican

|John Doak (inc.)

|189,893

|77.50

Republican

|Bill Viner

|55,173

|22.50

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Election, 2014

Party

|Candidate

|Votes

|%

Republican

|John Doak (inc.)

|n/a

|100.00