Tom Ivester
{{Short description|American politician (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Tom Ivester
| image =
| state_senate=Oklahoma
| district=26th
| term_start=2006
| term_end=2014
| predecessor= Gilmer Capps
| successor= Darcy Jech
| party=Democratic
| education=Texas Christian University (BA, BS)
University of Oklahoma (JD)
| occupation= attorney
| spouse=DeAun
}}
Tom Ivester (born 1969) is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 26th district from 2006 to 2014.
Education and family
Ivester obtained his BA/BS from Texas Christian University and his JD from the University of Oklahoma. He is married to his wife DeAun and they have 3 children.{{cite web|title=Senator Tom Ivester Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/67993/tom-ivester#.UG_MTrR9nww|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=5 October 2012}}
Professional experience
Tom Ivester is an attorney, and colonel for the United States Army Reserves, as well as Third Special Forces Group in the United States Army. In 2018 he graduated the Carlisle army war college located in Carlisle Pennsylvania.
Organizations
Ivestor is a member of the American Legion and Kiwanis Club. According to the Tulsa World, Ivester is connected to the Oklahoma Growth Alliance PAC, a political action committee which supported Democratic Party's candidates in Oklahoma in 2020, 2022, and spent $100,000 opposing David Rader's reelection campaign in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Krehbiel |first1=Randy |title=Outside groups pour money into defeat of Supreme Court justices, passage of state question |url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/elections/outside-groups-pour-money-into-defeat-of-supreme-court-justices-passage-of-state-question/article_974f5910-9259-11ef-9aa1-9f87d80358c8.html#tracking-source=elections-top-story |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=Tulsa World |date=October 27, 2024}}
External links
- [http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/ivester_bio.html Senator Tom Ivester - District 26] official State Senate website
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=67993 Project Vote Smart - Tom Ivester (OK)] profile
- Follow the Money - Tom Ivester
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=97801 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=84527 2006] campaign contributions
References
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Category:Democratic Party Oklahoma state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature
Category:People from Sayre, Oklahoma
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