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Posted: Sep 02, 2021 2:27 PMUpdated: Sep 03, 2021 9:42 AM

Rep. Stearman Announces Bid for Re-Election in 2022

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Garrett Giles

House District 11 State Representative Wendi Stearman has announced that she would run for re-election in 2022.

Rep. Stearman's announcement was made on Friday. She defeated Rep. Derrel Fincher in the Republican Primary Election in June 2020 before winning the position over Democratic-hopeful Emilie Tindle in the General Election in November.

To hear our entire interview with Rep. Stearman, click here.

As House District 11's State Representative, Stearman serves the Bartlesville and Collinsville communities. For those who don't know her, Stearman is a homeschool mom with six kids. Four of Stearman's children have graduated from school. Stearman said she lives with her husband on a small air strip south of Bartlesville and is attempting to secure her pilot's license. She said she loves this area and the communities that she has been able to serve in House District 11.

When Stearman was first elected, she had to get acclimated to the rules of the game while getting to know different agencies, industries and legislators at the Capitol. Stearman said she takes her commitment to her position and House District 11 very seriously as she has given her word to be a constitutionally conservative voice for the individual at the State Capitol. She said she will continue to defend liberty for the citizens of District 11 from Collinsville to Bartlesville.

According to the Oklahoma Conservative Index, Rep. Stearman has the highest Conservative rating in both Chambers of the entire Legislature. Stearman said you will never have to wonder how she will vote because she will always vote for individual liberty. She said she will always vote for you, the constituent of District 11.

Stearman said she believes her biggest accomplishment since taking office is that she has remained strong to her commitment to individual rights and the constituents of House District 11. She said she has remained dedicated to voting against the expansion of government in Oklahoma as well.

Fighting in the trenches and out of the limelight is where Rep. Stearman likes to be. Stearman said she loved serving on the Administrative Rules Committee the most last session. She said she would get more and more frustrated with the administrative rules process and the agencies legislating rules as law rather than the Legislature.

As part of the Administrative Rules Committee, Rep. Stearman said they were able to reject some rules that shouldn't have been made into law because they violated individually liberties. For example, Stearman said one rule violated House Bill 1775, which prevented Critical Race Theory (CRT) to be taught in schools. She said the rule promoted the idea of CRT so they rejected that rule.

Starting this month, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules goes into effect. Stearman said House and Senate members will get a say on administrative rules moving forward with the new joint committee. She said Senator Julie Daniels had a big hand in this effort, which changes how administrative rules are examined/investigated by both sides of the Legislature in the future.

Stearman said it is no secret that she supports individual liberty. She said the primary purpose of representatives such as herself is to represent individual Oklahomans like you above everything else; companies, organizations, and industries have lobbyists at the Capitol, but the individual only has their representative. She said she is proud to serve you at the Capitol through her role as representative.

At a press conference earlier this week in Oklahoma City, Rep. Stearman advocated against vaccine mandates. Stearman said she wanted to defend the rights of individuals that are worried about losing their jobs if they do not receive the coronavirus vaccine. She said people have the right to retain their job regardless of what medical decisions they make because people have a right to their own body.

This goes for mask mandates. Stearman said people have a right to decide what they put on and in their body. She said she was glad to participate in the press conference and hopes Oklahoma continues to move in that direction.

Stearman has also received the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association's (OK2A) 2021 House Representative Minuteman of the Year Award in Bartlesville in recent weeks. OK2A President Don Spencer presented the award to Stearman at Dink's Real Pit BBQ.

Looking ahead to 2022, Bartlesville native John B. Kane announced his run for the House District 11 seat last week. More on that story here. Kane and Stearman will face off in a Primary Election next summer. No other candidates have filed as of yet for the position. If a Democratic candidate(s) file for the job, a General Election would be held next fall.

When speaking about her opponent, Stearman said she has met with Mr. Kane in the past and has nothing against him personally. Stearman said anyone that has the desire to run for the position should answer the call. She said she believes that she will represent her values better than Kane will, but that's ultimately for the district to decide.

Stearman said she is looking forward to the race for House District 11. She said it should be a great race and that she wishes her opponent the best, but she plans to work hard to retain her seat.

If re-elected to the position, Stearman said she will keep fighting for individual rights, especially when it comes to medical decisions. Stearman said she is also looking at examining more of Oklahoma's agencies to see what they do and if they are actually accomplishing what they were designed to accomplish. She said she wants to keep up with deregulation and limited government. Her work on the Administrative Rules Committee would continue as well.

If you wish to reach out to Rep. Stearman, you can send her an email. Stearman's email is wendi.stearman@okhouse.gov. You can also call or text her at 918.500.5141. You can even visit her website here.


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