caption lieutenant predecessor successor children birth_place religion party birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
henry in 2004 mary fallin jari askins frank keating mary fallin 3 daughters shawnee , oklahoma , u.s. baptist democratic 10 july 1963 26th governor of oklahoma january 13 , 2003 kim henry bradhenrydea.jpg brad henry
 january 10 , 2011 brad henry university of oklahoma
brad henry

charles bradford `` brad '' henry -lrb- born july 10 , 1963 -rrb- was the 26th governor of oklahoma .
a member of the democratic party , he was elected governor in 2002 .
henry won re-election for a second term on november 7 , 2006 with 66 % of the vote .
henry was the third governor and second democrat in oklahoma history to hold two consecutive terms , along with democrat george nigh and republican frank keating .
in 2010 , henry was ineligible to run for re-election even though he maintained high approval ratings , because of term limits set by the oklahoma constitution .
his second term ended on january 10 , 2011 , and he was succeeded as governor by republican mary fallin .
henry has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the u.s. senate , but declined to run in the 2014 special election to replace tom coburn .
