OK-05: Stephanie Bice (R)
PROFILE
About Bice:
Elected to the State Senate in 2014, Bice served for two years as assistant majority floor leader in the Oklahoma Senate and is Chair of Senate Finance Committee.
She modernized Oklahoma’s liquor laws by engineering the first overhaul since 1959 when prohibition was repealed in Oklahoma.
As chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Bice has led efforts to control state spending, which includes requiring legislative approval of line-item budgets for Oklahoma’s largest state agencies.
Bice received the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce Rising Star award and was selected a member of the Governing Institute Women in Government Leadership Class of 2016.
Bice has been endorsed by Oklahoma Right to Life and has maintained an A-rating from the National Rifle Association.
After graduating from Oklahoma State with her bachelor’s in Marketing and a minor in International Business, Bice worked for eight years in financial oversight, business strategy and marketing for her family’s technology company. She later helped lead a boutique digital marketing company in Oklahoma City as vice president of business development.
She is a fourth-generation Oklahoman and a graduate of Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City. She and her husband Geoffrey have two daughters.