Todd Lamb | |
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16th Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma | |
Assumed office January 10, 2011 |
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Governor | Mary Fallin |
Preceded by | Jari Askins |
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 47th district |
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In office January 2005 – January 2011 |
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Preceded by | Mike Fair |
Succeeded by | Greg Treat |
Personal details | |
Born |
Enid, Oklahoma, U.S. |
October 19, 1971
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Monica Lamb |
Children | 2 |
Education |
Louisiana Tech University Oklahoma State University, Stillwater (BA) Oklahoma City University (JD) |
Website | Government website |
Todd Lamb (born October 19, 1971) is an American Republican politician from Oklahoma who serves as the 16th and current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma and was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from 2004 to 2011. For the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature, Lamb's fellow Republican state senators elected him as their Majority Floor Leader. As Majority Leader, Lamb was the second highest ranking state senator, behind then-Senate President pro tempore Glenn Coffee.
On July 1, 2009, Lamb filed to run for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in the 2010 elections to succeed outgoing Lt. Governor Jari Askins, who stepped down to run for Governor of Oklahoma.
Lamb is the son of Norman Lamb, a former Oklahoma State Senator and the former Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs under Governor Brad Henry. Lamb was raised in Enid, Oklahoma, and graduated from Enid High School. Lamb attended Louisiana Tech University where he was member of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team. After two years at La. Tech, he transferred to Oklahoma State University where he received his bachelor's degree. Todd also received his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2005.