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Line 1: − '''John Kevin Stitt''' (born December 28, 1972) he is conservative politician from Republican party. he is current Governor of [[Oklahoma]] since 2019. he is member of the [[Cherokee]] Nation, and he is first tribally enrolled Native American to serve as governor of a U.S. state. he is hugely pro [[Second amendment]] and pro life.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − [[Category:Republican Governors]] − [[Category:Pro Second Amendment]] +
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=John Kevin Stitt
| nationality=[[Cherokee]]-[[United States|American]]
| office=28th [[Governor]] of [[Oklahoma]]
| image=Kevin Stitt of OK.jpg
| preceded=[[Mary Fallin]]
| succeeded=
| party =[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=December 28, 1972
| birth_place=Milton, [[Florida]]
| death_date =
| death_place=
| spouse=Sarah Hazen Stitt (married 1998}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GovStitt/status/1134874094581821440|title=Twitter status|access-|| |children=Six children
| residence=[[Oklahoma City]]
| term_start=January 14, 2019
| term_end=
| alma_mater= [[Oklahoma State University]] at Stillwater<br> (Bachelor of Science)
}}
'''John Kevin Stitt''' (born December 28, 1972)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/elections/businessman-kevin-stitt-trying-to-close-the-deal-on-republican/article_fb2e62f0-7ab1-5d3f-ad7e-79ec7a3cc298.html |title=Businessman Kevin Stitt trying to close the deal on Republican gubernatorial nomination |author=Randy Krehbiel |publisher=''Tulsa World''|accessdate=December 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cqrcengage.com/uwls/app/candidate/100099;jsessionid=q8kglmiuxvkyk93y5kodakci|title=Candidate Profile: Kevin Stitt (R-OK) |website=United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties |accessdate=May 8, 2019}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man and [[politician]], who in 2019 was inaugurated as the 28th [[Governor]] of his adopted state of [[Oklahoma]]. He is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and a member of the Cherokee Nation.
He is the first tribally-enrolled Native American to serve as governor of a U.S. state,<ref>{{cite web|title=Only one state makes history with election of first Native governor|url=https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/11/07/only-one-state-makes-history-with-electi.asp|access-date=March 18, 2021|publisher=Indianz.com}}</ref> and Oklahoma's second governor of native descent since the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] FrJohnston Murray (1902-1974).
==Background==
Though born in Milton, [[Florida]], Stitt was reared in Wayne and then Norman, Oklahoma, the home of the [[University of Oklahoma]], where his father was the [[pastor]] of the non-denominational Riverside Church. He graduated in 1990 from Norman High School<ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126025415/https://newsok.com/article/5609987/serious-kid-sets-sights-on-serving-as-chief-executive-of-oklahoma|title="Serious kid" sets sights on serving as chief executive of Oklahoma|date=September 30, 2018|publisher=NewsOK.com|accessdate=October 27, 2018}}</ref> and [[Oklahoma State University]] in Stillwater with a degree in accounting. Stitt partially paid his way through college by selling educational products door-to-door for Southwestern Advantage. He was the first person inSouthwestern's 115-year history to achieve the top sales as a first-year salesperson.<ref name="auto4"/>
Stitt and his wife, Sarah, a Tulsa native, have six children.
==Career==
Stitt worked in the financial services sector in the late 1990s before he launched his own company, Gateway Mortgage Group.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024112847/https://mortgageorb.com/kevin-stitt-the-proactive-approach-to-compliance-always-wins=
|publisher=Zacklin Publications, Inc.|date=July 25, 2018|author=Patrick Barnard|title=Kevin Stitt: The Proactive Approach to Compliance Always Wins
|date=October 24, 2018 }}</ref> with "$1,000 and a computer." In 2002, Gateway secured its first warehouse line and began to license in other states.
Stitt was elected governor in 2018 without any previous political experience. He narrowly won the Republican nomination over [[Oklahoma City]] [[Mayor]] Mick Cornet, 132,806 to 110,479. A a strong third place was Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb, the choice of [[Donald Trump, Jr.]]. Then Stitt with [[Donald Trump]]s support defeated Drew Edmondson, 644, 579 (54 percent) to 500,973 (42.2 percent), a former state attorney general, Edmondson was also the unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 2010, having lost to Stitt's predecessor, [[Mary Fallin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Oklahoma_gubernatorial_election#Candidates|title=2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election|publisher=[[Wikipedia]]|accessdate=December 20, 2021}}</ref>
Though himself a Cherokee, Stitt has quarreled with various Indian reservationsacross the state. The [[United States Spreme Court in 2020 issued the ''McGirt v. Oklahoma'' opinion on a 5-4 decision, which found that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the legal authority to pursue criminal charges on tribal reservations in which the defendants or the victims are tribal citizens. Stitt's has called for the court to reconsider the ruling. He has also had issues with the tribes over hunting, [[fising]], and [[gambling]] compacts . At the height of the controversy Stitt's Cabinet secretary for Native American Affairs, Lisa Billy, resigned and accused the governor of creating “an unnecessary conflict with the tribes.” Billy is now a legislator of the Chickasaw Nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gov-kevin-stitt-tribal-leaders-not-meeting-as-mcgirt-rhetoric-hits-boiling-point/article_7011cd70-5f75-11ec-841b-c74374a6afbf.html|title=Gov. Kevin Stitt, tribal leaders not meeting as McGirt rhetoric hits boiling point|publisher=''Tulsa World''|date=October 20, 2020|accessdate=December 20, 2021}}</ref>
In the primary scheduled for June 28, 2022, Stitt will face opposition from at least one other Republican, former [[Tulsa]] Police Sgt. Mark Sherwood. He also faces at least three Democratic rivals, an [[Independent voter|Independent]], and a [[Libertarian Party]] opponent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nondoc.com/2021/11/08/one-year-out-statewide-federal-offices/|title=One year out:Stitt faces six challengers, AG and superintendent primaries hot|publisher=nondoc.com|author=Megan Prather and Tres Savage|date=November i, 2021|accessdate=December 19, 2021}}</ref>
==References=
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