The seat currently held by beleaguered Senator Ralph Shortey is expected to be vacant soon, and the candidates are beginning to announce their intentions. Attorney Michael Brooks-Jimenez will run for the Senate District 44 seat as a Democrat when Governor Fallin sets the special election.
“I’m proud to announce I’m running for State Senate District 44,” Brooks-Jimenez said. “Working families, senior citizens, and teachers in southwest Oklahoma City have gone without a voice at the capitol for far too long. It’s time for someone to step up and restore the trust of voters and bring integrity back to the office.”
Brooks-Jimenez has lived in southwest Oklahoma City for his entire life, earned his law degree at the University of Oklahoma and is married with two children.
He wants to work with the majority party should he win the seat.
“We deserve honest, faithful leadership that will work across the aisle to improve the lives of everyday Oklahomans,” Brooks-Jimenez said. “Paying our teachers a living wage, funding our schools, and creating high-paying jobs shouldn’t be partisan issues. Yet that often becomes the case, and working families are the ones who ultimately pay the price.”
Shortey is expected to submit his resignation this week amid a scandal involving an underage, male prostitute.
Let me guess…..he is all in for amnesty for illegals.