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Apr 15, 2022 · Scott Pruitt, who resigned as head of the Environmental Protection Agency amid ethics scandals during the Trump administration, is running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Oklahoma. The former...
In April 2022, Pruitt announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the special election to replace retiring Senator Jim Inhofe. He received 18,052 votes (5.0%) in the Republican primary, coming fifth out of 13 candidates, as Markwayne Mullin and T. W. Shannon advanced to a runoff election.
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Apr 15, 2022 · Associated Press in Washington. Fri 15 Apr 2022 17.05 EDT. Scott Pruitt, who had a scandal-ridden spell in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency under Donald Trump, filed on Friday to...
Jun 29, 2022 · Scott Pruitt, Trump’s Disgraced Former EPA Chief, Gets Crushed In Senate Primary. The Republican had a history of electoral success in Oklahoma and widespread name recognition, but didn’t get out of single digits on Tuesday. By Alexander C. Kaufman. Jun 29, 2022, 02:21 PM EDT. | Updated Jun 29, 2022. LEAVE A COMMENT.
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Pruitt grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. He earned a baseball scholarship to the University of Kentucky where he attended for one year. He transferred to Georgetown College where he finished his bachelor's degree in communications and political science. Shortly after receiving his law degree from the University of Tulsa, Pruitt joined a Tulsa-based p...
Below is an abbreviated outline of Pruitt's academic, professional, and political career: 1. February 17, 2017-July 6, 2018: Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2. January 10, 2011-February 17, 2017: Attorney General of Oklahoma 3. 2003-2010: Co-owner and managing general partner of the Oklahoma Red Hawks 4. 2003-2007: Member ...
Pruitt was named by President Donald Trump as his choice for EPA administrator on December 8, 2016.He was confirmed by the Senate as EPA administrator on February 17, 2017, by a vote of 52-46. He was sworn in to office the same day.
1. In 2015, Pruitt led Oklahoma in joining more than two dozen other states in a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which required states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions through limitations on emissions from power plants. In a National Reviewop-ed from May 2016, Pruitt said, “This EPA regulation, one of the most ambitious ever proposed, will shutter coal-fired power plants, significantly increase the price of electricity for American consumers, and enact by execut...
Waters of the United States Rule
1. Pruitt criticized the Waters of the United Statesrule, which sought to clarify federal jurisdiction over rivers, lakes, marshes, and streams throughout the country. In February 2015, Pruitt told Congress, “The EPA should undoubtedly have a role in solving interstate water quality issues. That role should not, however, be so expansive so as to render virtually every property owner in the nation subject to often unpredictable, unsound, and Byzantine federal regulatory regimes. … Simply put,...
Pruitt served as Oklahoma attorney general from 2011 to 2017. Pruitt won election as the attorney general of Oklahoma on November 2, 2010. The seat was open following Drew Edmondson's decision not to seek re-election. Pruitt ran unopposed for re-election as Oklahoma attorney general in 2014. Pruitt was elected as chairman of the Republican Attorney...
Pruitt served in the Oklahoma State Senatefrom 1999 to 2007. He represented Oklahoma's 36th district and 54th district. He served for four years as assistant Republican floor leader.
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Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. Pruitt and his wife Marlyn have two children, McKenna and Cade.
Mandatory ultrasound bill
In June 2012, Pruitt, as Oklahoma's attorney general, appealed an Oklahoma County District ruling that House Bill 2780 was unconstitutional. The bill would have required any woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound within an hour of the procedure and have it explained to her before the procedure. Three months prior to Pruitt's appeal to have that decision invalidated, Judge Bryan C. Dixon ruled against the law on the grounds that it "improperly is addressed only to patients, physici...
Apr 15, 2022 · Published 3:28 PM PDT, April 15, 2022. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Scott Pruitt, the scandal-ridden former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, filed Friday to run for Oklahoma’s open U.S. Senate seat, making a return to politics in a state with deep ties to the oil and gas industry.
Apr 15, 2022 · Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is running for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma. A former state attorney general, Pruitt filed on Friday to fill the seat left...
