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Oklahoma
State Senate
Communications Division
State Capitol
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
For Immediate Release: November 8, 2011
Sen. Burrage chosen as next Democratic Floor Leader
Claremore lawmaker Sean
Burrage has been chosen to serve as the next Senate Democratic
Floor Leader. Members of the caucus held a vote on Tuesday to decide
who would follow Sen. Andrew Rice in the leadership post. Rice,
D-Oklahoma City, recently announced he would resign from the Senate
effective January 15.
Burrage said he was honored to lead the Senate Democrats in 2012.
“I believe we must always be focused on what’s good
for our state—not what’s going to score the most political
points. We want a stronger economy and top-paying jobs for our citizens.
We want our children to have the best educational opportunities
possible and we want to be safe when we are at school, work or at
home. We want roads and bridges that are modern and safe as well.
When we can agree on how to achieve those things, then those are
programs we’ll support,” Burrage said. “But if
proposed legislation comes at the expense of our most vulnerable
citizens, then we’ll be fighting to give those individuals
a voice in the Senate.”
Burrage, an attorney and father of two, was reelected without opposition
to a second term in the Senate in 2010. He currently serves as Assistant
Democratic Floor Leader in the Senate. His committee assignments
include the Full Appropriations Committee, the Senate Standing Committees
on Energy and Transportation, and he is the vice-chairman of the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Burrage also serves on the Senate Select Committee established to
reform and strengthen Oklahoma’s pension systems, and served
as vice-chairman of the 2011 Senate Redistricting Committee.
“We are committed to our constituents, and to creating public
policy that will move our state forward,” Burrage said. “Again,
I thank my fellow Democrats for the trust they’ve placed in
me. I’m looking forward to working on behalf of all our citizens
in the coming session.”
For more information, contact:
Sen. Burrage: (405) 521-5555
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