Former Oklahoma Senator and chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission Clark Jolley is now a candidate for Oklahoma State Treasurer. Jolley launched his campaign this week by announcing a ten-point plan for the office.
“Oklahoma’s State Treasurer should have the relevant experience to get to work on day one,” Jolley stated. “Based on my experience and conservative values, I have developed a 10-Point plan for moving our state finances forward.”
Jolley’s 10-point plan is:
- Integrity – Above all else – run the Office of the State Treasurer with unquestionable integrity.
- Protect – Be the watchdog protecting all taxpayer funds, including state pension systems so promises made can be promises kept.
- Secure – Enhance our digital protection strategy against foreign adversaries and their cyberattacks on Oklahoma’s financial system.
- Safeguard – Refuse to let the “Cancel Culture” influence our state’s investments and finances.
- Build – Promote and further develop the 529 education savings program to make college and career certifications more affordable and a reality for all Oklahoma families.
- Reunite – Improve the Unclaimed Property program to reunite more Oklahomans with their lost wealth and assets.
- Advocate – Fight for proven economic growth policies that keep money in hands of taxpayers, not government.
- Transparent – Be a model of efficiency and transparency in state government.
- Defend – Fight against President Biden’s proposed intrusions into our personal financial liberty and privacy.
- Support – Provide sound economic data to elected leaders in state and local government to support them in their roles as policy makers to improve investment returns and protect Oklahoma’s bond rating.
Jolley does have quite a bit of experience with state budget and finances. While in the Oklahoma Senate, he served as Appropriations Chairman. After his career in the Legislature ended, Jolley served as Secretary of Finance and most recently Chair of the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
“With my proven conservative track-record and background in Information Technology, as well as my history of limiting government spending, and pro-growth tax policy, I am confident voters will see me as their choice to be the next State Treasurer,” Jolley.
Jolley also plans to push back against federal policy set by the Biden Administration and “cancel culture.”
“Unfortunately, not only are foreign adversaries aggressively trying to cyberattack our financial systems, but Washington, D.C. bureaucrats are attacking our conservative values by attempting to infiltrate personal financial accounts, and liberal activists are using the cancel culture to dictate the types of industries where states can invest,” Jolley stated in reference to recent events like the outrageous overreach of the IRS into any bank transaction which exceeds $600 and efforts by liberal groups to boycott Israel and fossil fuels as investment options.”
The two other Republicans who have announced campaigns for State Treasurer are Representative Todd Russ, who is term-limited in the Legislature, and Oklahoma County Clerk David Hooten.
Mike Mazzei announced a run for the office but has since dropped out due to a conflict.
Current State Treasurer Randy McDaniel is not running for a second term.
