Gary Richardson (born February 5, 1941) is an American lawyer practicing in Tulsa, a former U.S Attorney, and a twice-unsuccessful candidate for Oklahoma Governor and twice-unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress. As of 2018 he is a partner in the Richardson Law Firm, P.C., a personal-injury firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Richardson attended college at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, and graduated with a B.S. degree in education in 1963. He attended Oklahoma City University School of Law where he was distinguished with the honor of receiving top grades for First Year Law students. He also attended the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, and earned his J.D. in 1972.
Richardson was the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Oklahoma's Second Congressional District in 1978 and 1980, both times losing to Democrat Mike Synar.
Richardson served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma from 1981 to 1984. In 1981, along with the U.S. Attorneys for the two other Federal Districts in Oklahoma, Richardson was involved in the prosecution and conviction of 210 County Commissioners who were engaged in a systematic kickback scheme that had been going on for decades.
In 2002, Richardson unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Oklahoma as an Independent candidate. He came in third behind the winner, Democratic candidate, Brad Henry, and the Republican candidate, former Congressman Steve Largent. Richardson received a total of 146,200 votes (or 14 percent) of the 1,035,620 votes cast (see a table of this result at [1]).
He is again running for Governor in 2018.
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References
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External links
- Brief Bio and Legal Resume from MoreLaw.com
- Richardson's Home Page at his law firm
- 2002 Oklahoma Governor Election Results from CBS News.
- Gary Richardson's campaign home page.
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