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Senator Richard C. Lerblance - District 7
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Senator Richard C. Lerblance
Occupation: Attorney At Law, Oil & Gas, Cattle, Race Horses
Education: Eastern Oklahoma State College, 1967, A.A.; University of Oklahoma; Central State University (now UCO), 1970, B.A.; Oklahoma City University School of Law, 1978, JD
Legislative Experience: House Member, 2002 - 2003; Senate Member, 2003 - present
Hometown: Hartshorne, OK
Party: Democratic

Richard C. Lerblance was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in August 2002. In June 2003, Lerblance was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate for District 7.

Lerblance holds a degree in law from Oklahoma City University School of Law, and has practiced law in his hometown of Hartshorne, Oklahoma, since graduating from law school in 1978. He served on the Hartshorne City Council; the Hartshorne Board of Education; and retired as Fire Chief of the Hartshorne Fire Department. He and his wife, Frances, are members of the Edgewood United Methodist Church in Hartshorne, Oklahoma.

He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Pittsburg County Bar Association, and Muscogee (Creek) Nation Bar Association. He served twelve years on the Supreme Court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme court and three years as Chief Justice. He presently is a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

Lerblance is an active cattleman and a member of the Latimer and Pittsburg County Cattlemen Associations, Oklahoma Cattlemen Association, Little Dixie Limousin Association, Maine Anjou Association, and North American Limousin Foundation. Therefore, he is very familiar with the needs and concerns of the agricultural and farming community, and an active advocate for those associated with both.

Lerblance is married and a man of strong family values. He and his wife have three sons: David, John and Rich. Son David and his wife Ashley have two children: Alexandria and Zachary. Son Rich and his wife Pauline have a daughter named Raven. The strong family values are shown through Lerblance’s involvement in his church activities and his memberships in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout, Hartshorne/Haileyville Lodge 122, 32 Degree Mason – Valley of McAlester, Bedouin Temple – Muskogee, OK, McAlester Rotary Club, and McAlester, Wilburton and Hartshorne Chambers of Commerce.

Lerblance spends his recreational time hunting, boating and riding his Harley.

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Capitol Address
District Address
Senator Richard C. Lerblance
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Rm. 528B
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-5604
lerblance@oksenate.gov
Executive Assistant: Anita Bell
P O Box 1011
Hartshorne, OK 74547
(918) 297-2501

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