Janet Barresi (born March 6, 1952) is a former dentist and former Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction who was elected on November 2, 2010[1] and began her term of service on January 10, 2011. Her term in office followed former Superintendent Sandy Garrett who chose not to run for re-election in 2010. In 2014, Barresi was defeated in the Republican primary by Joy Hofmeister.[2] Hofmeister went on to defeat Democrat John Cox in the general election [3] Barresi's term ended in January 2015.

Janet Barresi
Superintendent of Public Instruction of Oklahoma
In office
January 10, 2011 – January 12, 2015
GovernorMary Fallin
Preceded bySandy Garrett
Succeeded byJoy Hofmeister
Personal details
Born (1952-03-06) March 6, 1952 (age 72)
Political partyRepublican
Children2
EducationUniversity of Oklahoma (BA, MS, DDS)

Barresi ran to be a United States Representative in the 2020 election. She ran in Oklahoma's 5th Congressional district and placed 4th in the Republican primary behind businesswoman Terry Neese, State Senator Stephanie Bice, and businessman David Hill.[4]

Electoral history

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2022 Oklahoma's 5th congressional district Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Neese 24,828 36.5
Republican Stephanie Bice 17,292 25.4
Republican David Hill 12,922 19.0
Republican Janet Barresi 6,799 10.0
Republican Jake A. Merrick 1,736 2.6
Republican Michael Ballard 1,691 2.5
Republican Miles V. Rahimi 967 1.4
Republican Shelli Landon 912 1.3
Republican Charles Tuffy Pringle 908 1.3
Total votes 68,055 100.0

References

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  1. ^ "Oklahoma General Election, 2010". ok.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  2. ^ "Oklahoma Primary, 2014". ok.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma General Election, 2014". ok.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  4. ^ "Janet Barresi".
Party political offices
Preceded by
William E. "Bill" Crozier
Republican nominee for Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction
2010
Succeeded by