Dank To Seek Second Term In HD85
Rep. David Dank (R-Oklahoma City) announced today he will seek a second term representing District 85.
“I was proud to sponsor one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the recent session, a major ethics reform bill that will remove the stain of ‘pay for play’,” Dank said. “However, there is much yet to do in the vital areas of ethics and property tax reform and I will ask my neighbors in District 85 to return me to the State Capitol so we can complete that work.”
Dank was the principal sponsor of the Oklahoma Clean Campaign Act, passed in the final week of the 2008 legislative session. The bill prohibits campaign contributions by lobbyists or those who employ them during each year’s legislative session and for five days after the end of those sessions, removing the close link that had existed for decades between lobbyist contributions and the passage of related legislation. (The bill is now on Governor Henry's desk; yesterday, the group The Center For Competitive Politics, based in Washington, sent Henry a letter objecting to a portion of the bill the group claims stifles free speech and thus, violates the First Amendment. The group, however, apparently was reacting to proposed Senate amendments to the bill that were rejected.)
Dank was elected in 2006, succeeding his wife, Odilia.
“I was proud to sponsor one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the recent session, a major ethics reform bill that will remove the stain of ‘pay for play’,” Dank said. “However, there is much yet to do in the vital areas of ethics and property tax reform and I will ask my neighbors in District 85 to return me to the State Capitol so we can complete that work.”
Dank was the principal sponsor of the Oklahoma Clean Campaign Act, passed in the final week of the 2008 legislative session. The bill prohibits campaign contributions by lobbyists or those who employ them during each year’s legislative session and for five days after the end of those sessions, removing the close link that had existed for decades between lobbyist contributions and the passage of related legislation. (The bill is now on Governor Henry's desk; yesterday, the group The Center For Competitive Politics, based in Washington, sent Henry a letter objecting to a portion of the bill the group claims stifles free speech and thus, violates the First Amendment. The group, however, apparently was reacting to proposed Senate amendments to the bill that were rejected.)
Dank was elected in 2006, succeeding his wife, Odilia.
Labels: David Dank, Ethics Reform, Odilia Dank
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