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|name=Tom Coburn
|name=Tom Coburn
|image=Coburn.jpg
|image=Coburn.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Carolyn Coburn
|spouse=Carolyn Coburn
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|religion=[[Baptist]]
|state=Oklahoma
|state=Oklahoma
|terms=January 3, 2005 – January 6, 2015
|terms=January 3, 2005 – January 6, 2015
|preceded=Don Nickles
|preceded[[Don Nickles]]
|former=y
|former=y
|succeeded=[[James Lankford]]
|succeeded=[[James Lankford]]
}}
}}
'''Thomas Allen “Tom” Coburn''', M.D. (March 14, 1948 – March 28, 2020) is a former [[Republican]] [[United States]] Senator from [[Oklahoma]]. As a Senator, Coburn supported raising taxes<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/grover-norquist-tom-coburn_n_1676841.html</ref> and he voted with [[Democrat]]s to confirm [[liberal]] [[Elena Kagan]] as [[Solicitor General]] despite her complete lack of courtroom experience, which enabled her to become a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice and hold power for the [[Left]] for decades into the future.
'''Thomas Allen “Tom” Coburn''', M.D. (March 14, 1948 – March 28, 2020)was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] for his home state of [[Oklahoma]]. As a Senator, Coburn supported raising taxes<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/grover-norquist-tom-coburn_n_1676841.html</ref> and he voted with [[Democrat]]s to confirm [[liberal]] [[Elena Kagan]] as [[Solicitor General]] despite her complete lack of courtroom experience, which enabled her to become a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice and hold power for the [[Left]] for decades into the future.
Coburn became a lobbyist at the state level after he left office, in order to promote rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution|Constitution]] by holding a [[Con Con]] ([[Convention of States]]). Justice Scalia called this a "horrible idea," and most principled [[conservatives]] strongly oppose it.
Coburn became a lobbyist at the state level after he left office, in order to promote rewriting the [[U.S. Constitution|Constitution]] by holding a [[Con Con]] ([[Convention of States]]). Justice Scalia called this a "horrible idea," and most principled [[conservatives]] strongly oppose it.