118 State Senate Mike Mazzei Occupation—Financial Planner ■ Education—George Mason University, BA ■ Party—Republican ■ District—25 ■ Legislative Experience—Senate Member, 2005–present; Co-Assistant Floor Leader, 2007; Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 2009 ■ Committee Membership—Appropriations; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Finance, Chair; Insurance; and Pensions Mazzei attended George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, graduating with a bach- elor’s degree in government and politics. He also is a graduate of the College of Financial Planning, and is a certified financial planner practitioner. Mazzei is the branch manager of a Raymond James Financial Services Office in Tulsa, . Mazzei won election to the from District 25 in 2004. He continues active participation in the Asbury United Methodist Church, Financial Planners Association, and the Salvation Army. Mazzei, and his wife Noel, have five children; Maria; triplets Caleb, Carissa, and Mykaela; and Jackson. To contact Mazzei—2300 N Lincoln Blvd., , OK 73105 ■ 405/521–5675 ■ [email protected]

Al McAffrey Occupation—State Legislator ■ Party—Democrat ■ District—46 ■ Legislative Experience—House Member, 2007– 2011; Assistant Minority Floor Leader, 2011–2012; Senate Member, 2012–present; Minority Whip, 2013 ■ Committee Membership— Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary; Finance; Public Safety; Rules; and Transportation McAffrey won election to the Oklahoma Senate on February 14, 2012, filling the unexpired term of Senator Andrew Rice. He also served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2007 to 2012. A life-long Democrat, he campaigned on issues that touch the lives of his highly diverse inner-city district in metropolitan Oklahoma City where he has lived, worked, and raised children for many years. Al pledged to work for better access to affordable health care, improvements for education in our public schools, and a more compassionate state approach to care for senior citizens. He also expressed a keen interest in supporting and protecting his district’s public safety, economic development, public transportation, and its thriving arts community. Above all, he promised honesty, fairness, and hard work. McAffrey’s committee assignments in the state legislature reflect those campaign issues and concerns. McAffrey was reared in Sulphur, Oklahoma, the son of a Baptist minister. Public service and hard work are in his blood. He served in the United States Navy and later as an Oklahoma City police officer. He owned and operated several successful small businesses while also working as a respected and compassion- ate funeral director. He is a member of the vestry at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral and is active in his Mesta Park Neighborhood Association. He’s a voting member of the Choctaw Tribe. McAffrey is the father of three daughters and nine grandchildren, yet he still makes time to be an active supporter of AIDS charities and numerous civic, business, and cultural organizations.