Gary Richardson (lawyer)
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Gary Richardson | |
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United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | |
In office 1981–1984 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Betty O. Williams[1] |
Succeeded by | Donn F. Barker |
Personal details | |
Born | South Texas College of Law | February 5, 1941
Gary Richardson (born February 5, 1941) is an American lawyer who was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma from 1981 to 1984. He is also a perennial candidate for elected office in Oklahoma. As of 2018 he is a partner in the Richardson Law Firm, P.C., a plaintiff law firm in Tulsa.[2]
Career
Richardson attended college at
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.[3]
In 1991 Richardson represented former McLennan County, Texas District Attorney Vic Feazell in a defamation case against Dallas TV station WFAA which resulted in what at that time was the largest libel judgement in U.S. history.[4]
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]).
On April 23, 2017, Richardson announced that he would be running for the Republican nomination for governor in
Candidates | Party | Votes | % | ||
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Brad Henry | Democratic Party | 448,143 | 43.27% | ||
Steve Largent | Republican Party | 441,277 | 42.61% | ||
Gary Richardson | Independent | 146,200 | 14.12% | ||
Total | 1,035,620 | 100.0% | |||
Source: 2002 Election Results |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mick Cornett | 132,806 | 29.3 | |
Republican | Kevin Stitt | 110,479 | 24.4 | |
Republican | Todd Lamb | 107,985 | 23.9 | |
Republican | Dan Fisher | 35,818 | 7.9 | |
Republican | Gary Jones | 25,243 | 5.6 | |
Republican | Gary Richardson | 18,185 | 4.0 | |
Republican | Blake Stephens | 12,211 | 2.7 | |
Republican | Christopher Barnett | 5,240 | 1.2 | |
Republican | Barry Gowdy | 2,347 | 0.5 | |
Republican | Eric Foutch | 2,292 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 452,606 | 100.0 |
References
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Attorneys in Oklahoma".
- ^ "Gary L. Richardson".
- ^ "Toll 230 as book closes on county commissioner scandal". NewsOK.com. February 3, 1984. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ "Jury awards $58 million libel judgment".
- ^ Felder, Ben (April 24, 2017). "Richardson announces run for governor, seeks Republican ticket". The Oklahoman. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Sarah Stewart (April 30, 2018). "Gary Richardson political ad stirs controversy". KFOR-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ "Gary Richardson exploits Bob Barry Jr.'s death in new campaign ad…". The Lost Ogle. May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ [[2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election}]]
- ^ "State Election Results, Statewide Primary Election, June 26, 2018". www.ok.gov. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.