Clark Jolley is a Republican United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma and is the Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the cabinet Oklahoma Secretary of Finance, Administration and Information Technology. Prior to being named to the Tax Commission, Jolley served in the Oklahoma Senate, the last five sessions as Chair of the Appropriations Committee.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Jolley graduated from Del City High School in 1988 and earned Music Education and Political Science degrees from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1992. He received his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1995.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma Jolley established a private law practice and went on to serve an Administrative Law Judge for the Oklahoma Department of Labor. He was also a Barrister member of the Robert J. Turner American Inn of Court.
Jolley was first elected to the Oklahoma Senate from District 41, which included large portions of Edmond, north Oklahoma City and southern Logan County. He was re-elected in 2008 and again in 2012. After the redistricting in 2011 (which Jolley co-chaired), District 41 included areas of Edmond, north Oklahoma City and Arcadia in Oklahoma County.
Jolley was elected by his colleagues to serve as Republican Whip in 2007-08 and then elected to the office of Assistant Majority Leader in 2009. He was re-elected to the Assistant Majority Leader position until he resigned in 2012 after he was appointed the Chairman of Appropriations.
In one of his last legislative acts, Jolley authored State Question 792, which was approved by the voters in November 2016 to modernize alcohol laws and place full-strength beer and wine in grocery stores. After leaving the Senate in 2016 due to term limits, Jolley was an adjunct professor at both Oklahoma Christian University and Mid-America Christian University. In March 2017, he was nominated by Governor Mary Fallin and confirmed by the Oklahoma State Senate as an Oklahoma Tax Commissioner to fill a partial term created when former Commissioner Dawn Cash resigned to accept the position of First Assistant Attorney General under Oklahoma Attorney General Michael J. Hunter Source: [1]
On February 28, 2018, Jolley was appointed to serve as the Secretary of Finance, Administration and Information Technology by Governor Mary Fallin.
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References
- NewsOK Article published March 29, 2017
- Senator Jolley's Senate Website
- Clark Jolley's Campaign Website
- Oklahoma State Election Board, 2004
- Oklahoma State Election Board, 2008
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