Senator Adelson is a native Tulsan. He attended Barnard elementary and Edison junior and senior high schools. As Governor Henry’s Secretary of Health, he fought for and helped pass Oklahoma’s first clean air legislation, and he worked to protect public health funding for 75,000 Oklahoma children who would have lost health insurance coverage. Senator Adelson stepped in when schools in his district were losing their nurses to help establish school-based comprehensive medical clinics at Eugene Field and Mark Twain elementary schools.

Senator Adelson has been engaged in the practice of law since 1992 with experience in commercial litigation, banking, and oil & gas. Prior to forming his own law practice in 1998, Senator Adelson operated a fourth generation family oil and gas business where he held primary responsibility for the New Mexico and west Texas regions, and he remains a partner in the firm.

Senator Adelson has been active in community service. He is a founding Board Member of the Tulsa Coalition of Children’s Health, a group composed primarily of Tulsa pediatricians supporting consolidation of health care services in the Tulsa Metropolitan area. He is a former president and past board member of the Tulsa Mental Health Association. He is a member of the Community Hospital Authority in Tulsa and serves on the O.U. Health Care Task Force. Mr. Adelson chaired the Health Subcommittee for Governor Henry’s Transition Team.

Senator Adelson and his wife Julie have four children- Emily, Andrew, Sam and Jack.

Committee Membership

• Appropriations - Co-Vice Chair
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Social Services - Co-Chair
• Business and Labor
• Judiciary
• Retirement and Insurance

Office Information

District Information: District 33

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• Population and Household

Counties Represented

• Tulsa

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