For McDanielDistrict 78 incumbent best choice
By World's Editorial Writers
Published: 10/9/2010
Two years ago, when we endorsed Rep. Jeannie McDaniel for re-election, we said her photo ought to appear next to a dictionary entry for "dedicated public servant." Nothing has happened in the last two years to change our view. A tireless worker, she has spent most of her adult life seeking to improve her city and state.
She worked at the Citizens Crime Commission for a decade, serving as its director through the early 1990s. She then went on to create and oversee the Mayor's Office for Neighborhoods, from which she launched countless missions to improve Tulsa's precious and beautiful residential settlements. She retired from the city in 2004 and promptly went back to school to complete her college studies, and later that same year ran for her first term representing House District 78.
Her work on the House health and education committees has benefited Tulsa specifically and the state at large. Achievements she played a role in include the creation of mental health courts, affordable state-sponsored health insurance, the rescue plan for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the state-supported college tuition program for qualified students. Other education efforts she has championed include early childhood intervention and better compensation for teachers. McDaniel has been a resident of District 78 for more than two decades, and it's safe to assume she is familiar with every street in her district. In fact, she's probably walked up and down each one, knocking on doors to visit with constituents.
A Democrat, she faces Republican Molly McKay, a political newcomer, in the Nov. 2 general election.
In her spare time, McDaniel works with such organizations as the Tulsa Citizens Crime Commission, Habitat for Humanity, the YMCA and Youth Services of Tulsa County. Representation doesn't get much better than that provided by Jeannie McDaniel. As we said two years ago, she is as committed, caring and responsive as any legislator ever has been. We enthusiastically support her return to the Legislature.
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