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'''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.
'''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]] Johnston Murray (1902-1974).
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]] Johnston Murray (1902-1974), who was the governor from 1951 to 1955.
==Background==
==Background==