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![]() Oklahoma State Senator Judy Eason McIntyre
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Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 11th district |
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In office 2004–2012 |
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Preceded by | Maxine Horner (D) |
Succeeded by | Jabar Shumate (D) |
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 73rd district |
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In office 2002–2004 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
May 21, 1945
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
Profession | public administration |
Religion | African Methodist Episcopal |
Website | State Senate website |
Judy Eason McIntyre (born May 21, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A Democrat, McIntyre served as an Oklahoma state Senator from 2004 to 2012 representing District 11, which includes Osage and Tulsa counties. She also served as State Representative from 2002 to 2004 representing District 73 where she was the first freshman appointed to the Speaker's Leadership Team. For the 16 years before her election to the Oklahoma Legislature, she was an elected board member for the Tulsa Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
McIntyre gained some national notoriety in February 2012 at a protest rally by holding a picket sign that contained an obscenity.
McIntyre is a native Oklahoman who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa. She received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma in 1976 and 1979 respectively.
She retired from the Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Division after 31 years. She also served on the Tulsa Public Schools School Board for 16 years serving as President for two years.
McIntyre was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate District 11 in 2004 and re-elected in 2008. She also was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives for District 73 in the 49th Legislature for 2002-2004. She was the first freshman appointed to the Speaker’s Leadership Team in the House of Representatives.