Former Majority Whip, Oklahoma State Senate

Senator, Oklahoma State Senate, District 15, 2012-2024

Candidate, Oklahoma State Senate, District 15, 2020

Former Member, Aeronautics and Transportation Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Chair, Aeronautics and Transportation Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Health and Human Services Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Oklahoma State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Oklahoma State Senate

Founder/President, LegendCare Pharmacy, 1999-present

President, Standridge Endeavors, Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-present

President, RS Software Limited Liability Corporation, 1997-present

President, Blanchard Drug & Gift Incorporated, 1995-present

Software Programmer, 1997-present

Former Paper Boy, Grit Newspaper

Former Pharmacy Intern, Noble Pharmacy

President, Health Engineering Systems, 2007-2018

Vice President, Idleman Property Management, 2003-2007

Owner, Landscaping Company, 1985-1993

Emergency Medical Technician, 1985

Member, Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board, 2013-present

Member, Interstate Compact for Juvenile Affairs, 2013-present

Member, The Energy Council, 2013-present

Finance Board Chair, Crosspointe Church, 2010-present

Member, Norman Rotary Club, 2009-present

Fellow, American College of Apothecaries, 1999-present

Member, American Pharmacist Association, 1989-present

Member, Blanchard Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Crosspointe Church, present

Member, Norman Chamber of Commerce, present

Former Member, Boy Scouts of America

Member, Sooner Centurion

Member, Toastmasters

Founder, Business Leaders for Oklahoma, 2009-2010

Awards:

Valedictorian
Scheffe Scholar
ACA Lifetime Partner
Legislator of the Year, Academy of Family Physicians,2014
Freshman Senator of the Year Runner Up, OCPAC,2013

Favorite Book:

Biographies - John Adams, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein,and more
Sci-Fi - Battlefield Earth (the movie stinks), Dune, Foundation, JOB,and more
Non-Fiction - Killing Jesus, Shaara historical novels,and more
Fantasy - Lord of the Rings, Earthsea trilogy, Early Discworld, JV Jones series,and more
Fiction-Huckleberry Finn, Wilbur Smith novels,and more
Mystery-the classics primarily
Suspense Thriller-read bestsellers in this genre - no real favorites pop out to me at this writing

Favorite Movie:

A Few Good Men
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
To Kill a Mockingbird
Life with Father
Big Country

Favorite Musician:

Elvis of course
Neil Diamond
Van Morrison (really just Brown-eyed girl)
Buddy Holly
a few hard rockers
Beatles (you must listen to the words in Revolution)
John Denver
Dwight Yoakam
George Strait
BJ Thomas
Andrew Gold
Burton Cummings

Favorite Quote:

Lincoln - "Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Nathan Hale - "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
George Washington - "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
Steve Jobs - "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."
Walt Disney - "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
Jerry Seinfeld - "you know how to *take* the reservation, you just don't know how to *hold* the reservation. And that's really the most important part of the reservation: the holding. Anybody can just take them."

Favorite TV Shows:

Fawlty Towers
Parks and Recreation
Office
Seinfeld