page_title: Mary Fallin
section_title: Governor of Oklahoma (2011–2019)
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Fallin / Governor of Oklahoma (2011–2019)
caption_attribution_description: English: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the University Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma on July 12, 2011. Photo Credit: Hugh Pickens Note: This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license which means that attribution must be provided with any use of this photo in the manner specified by the author. Any use of this photo or any derivative work using this photo in print or on the web must include as an attribution, a photo credit to Hugh Pickens as indicated above and, if used on the web, must include a link to the web site of Hugh Pickens at http://hughpickens.com.
context_page_description: Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014.
  Beginning a career in politics, Fallin was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1990. She served two terms in the Oklahoma House, representing a district in Oklahoma City, from 1990 to 1995. In 1994, Fallin was elected to serve as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma; being elected to a total of three terms, she served under two different governors from 1995 to 2007. After seven-term Republican incumbent Ernest Istook announced that he would retire from his seat to run for governor, Fallin declared her candidacy for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district, where she was elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011.
  Fallin ran for Governor of Oklahoma in 2010. She defeated three other opponents with 54% of the vote in the Republican primary, and defeated the Democratic nominee, Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins, with 60% of the vote in the general election. She won reelection in 2014, defeating Oklahoma state representative Joe Dorman.
caption: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the University Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma on July 12, 2011
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