Jim Roth (politician)
Jim Roth is an American academic administrator and former politician from Oklahoma. He was dean (2018-2023) and is professor of law at Oklahoma City University School of Law. A Democrat, Roth served as one of three members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission from June 2007 through January 2009, having been appointed by Governor Brad Henry.
Jim Roth | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission | |
| In office June 1, 2007 – January 12, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Denise Bode |
| Succeeded by | Dana Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 24, 1968 Prairie Village, Kansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Roth is openly gay and was the first ever openly LGBT person to hold a statewide elected office in Oklahoma. In 2011, Republican Governor Mary Fallin attempted to appoint Roth to the Oklahoma State Election Board as the panel's lone Democrat, but his nomination was rejected by the Republican-controlled Senate.
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