Mary Fallin: Everything You Need To Know

Name: Mary Fallin (née Copeland)

Party: Republican

Date of Birth: December 9, 1954

Hometown: Warrenburg, Missouri

Age: 61

What She Does Now: Governor of Oklahoma (serving her second term)

What She Used to Do: Fallin worked for various Oklahoma state government agencies, including its Department of Tourism and Recreation, Employment Security Commission and Office of Personnel Management. She has also worked in the private sector as a hotel manager and as a commercial real estate broker.

Fallin got her start in politics in 1990, when she began serving in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She then served as lieutenant governor for three terms, from 1995 to 2007, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 2007 to 2011. She announced her run for governor in 2009 and took office in 2011. She is the first woman to serve as Oklahoma’s governor.

Family Tree: Fallin’s parents Mary Jo and Joseph Newton Copeland each served as mayor of the city of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, where Fallin grew up. Fallin’s parents were both Democrats, as was Fallin until the age of 21, when she decided to join the Republican Party. Fallin attended Oklahoma Baptist University and earned a Bachelor of Science in human and environmental sciences, and family relations and child development from Oklahoma State University.

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What She Has Said About Trump:

Fallin abstained from commenting on Trump throughout the primary but endorsed him on May 4, saying it was her priority to elect a conservative, pro-business Republican who is strong on national defense, and that she believes Trump is that candidate. "I know that our nation wants a change," Fallin said. "Donald Trump has led a movement across our nation that will cause that change to happen, so I'm 100 percent behind him."

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