Representative
Shumate, Jabar
District 73
Democrat
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Leadership
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Assistant Democratic Floor Leader
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Committees
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Education
Common Education
Economic Development & Financial Services
Higher Education & Career Tech
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District Information
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View District Map
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County(s) Represented in District
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Osage
Tulsa
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Term Limited
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Year: 2016
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PERSONAL:
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Jabar Shumate was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 26, 1976. His parents are Joseph and Cleatta Johnson of Tulsa; and Mr. Glenn E. Shumate of Atlanta, GA. Jabar is a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church.
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EDUCATION:
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M.H.R., Human Resource Development, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
B.A., Public Affairs and Administration, University of Oklahoma
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PROFESSION:
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Public Relations Consultant
former Press Secretary of the University of Oklahoma
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ORGANIZATIONS:
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Mentor, Hawthorne Elementary School
Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Board of Directors
Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Society Board of Directors
My Kidz Organization Board of Directors
Rudisill North Regional Library African-American Resource Center Advisory Committee
Affirmative Action Review Council for the State of Oklahoma
T.Y.P.R.O.’s- (Young Professionals Organization affiliated with the Tulsa Chamber)
Communications Workers of America (Local #6086)
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.- Tulsa Alumni Chapter
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HONORS:
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Leadership Oklahoma Class XIX (19)
Oklahoma City Urban League Board Member of the Year (2004)
University of Oklahoma Student President 1997-98
Cortez A.M. Ewing Congressional Fellow 1997 (U.S. Representative J.C. Watts, Jr. - Washington, D.C. Office)
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LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
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House of Representatives, 50th Legislature
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