Ron Sharp

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Ron Sharp
Image of Ron Sharp
Prior offices
Oklahoma State Senate District 17
Successor: Shane Jett
Predecessor: Charlie Laster

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 18, 2024

Education

High school

Shawnee High School

Bachelor's

Southeastern State College

Graduate

Central State University

Ph.D

Kensington University

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Profession
Educator

Ron Sharp (Republican Party) was a member of the Oklahoma State Senate, representing District 17. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on November 18, 2020.

Sharp (Republican Party) ran for election to the Oklahoma State Senate to represent District 17. He lost in the Republican primary on June 18, 2024.

Biography

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Sharp earned his B.A. from Southeastern State College, his M.A. from Central State University and his Ph.D. in education with an emphasis in political science from Kensington University. His professional experience includes working as a teacher and as a high school tennis coach.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Sharp was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Oklahoma committee assignments, 2017
Appropriations
Education, Vice chair
Energy
Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Sharp served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Sharp served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2024

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 17

Incumbent Shane Jett won election outright against Ron Sharp, Rachael Melot, and Cody Swearingen in the Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 17 on June 18, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Jett
Shane Jett
 
50.1
 
3,573
Image of Ron Sharp
Ron Sharp
 
26.9
 
1,921
Rachael Melot
 
19.4
 
1,382
Image of Cody Swearingen
Cody Swearingen Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
259

Total votes: 7,135
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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Oklahoma State Senate District 17

Shane Jett defeated Greg Sadler in the general election for Oklahoma State Senate District 17 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Jett
Shane Jett (R)
 
76.5
 
25,395
Image of Greg Sadler
Greg Sadler (L) Candidate Connection
 
23.5
 
7,819

Total votes: 33,214
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma State Senate District 17

Shane Jett defeated incumbent Ron Sharp in the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma State Senate District 17 on August 25, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Jett
Shane Jett
 
59.4
 
4,612
Image of Ron Sharp
Ron Sharp
 
40.6
 
3,154

Total votes: 7,766
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 17

Shane Jett and incumbent Ron Sharp advanced to a runoff. They defeated Brandon Baumgarten in the Republican primary for Oklahoma State Senate District 17 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Jett
Shane Jett
 
44.2
 
4,580
Image of Ron Sharp
Ron Sharp
 
33.3
 
3,454
Image of Brandon Baumgarten
Brandon Baumgarten
 
22.5
 
2,332

Total votes: 10,366
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Oklahoma State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 15, 2016.

Incumbent Ron Sharp ran unopposed in the Oklahoma State Senate District 17 general election.[2]

Oklahoma State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ron Sharp Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board


Incumbent Ron Sharp defeated Brooke McGowan in the Oklahoma State Senate District 17 Republican primary.[3][4]

Oklahoma State Senate, District 17 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ron Sharp Incumbent 53.89% 2,775
     Republican Brooke McGowan 46.11% 2,374
Total Votes 5,149

2012

See also: Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2012

Sharp ran in the 2012 election for Oklahoma State Senate District 17. Sharp and Ed Moore advanced to the August 28 primary runoff, and Sharp defeated Ed Moore in the primary runoff election. He was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[5][6][7][8]

Oklahoma State Senate District 17 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngEd Moore (advanced to runoff) 34% 1,463
Green check mark transparent.pngRon Sharp (advanced to runoff) 31.1% 1,339
Mike Jestes 19.3% 831
Ernest R. Clark 15.6% 673
Total Votes 4,306

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Ron Sharp campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Oklahoma State Senate District 17Lost primary$5,725 $4,825
2020Oklahoma State Senate District 17Lost primary runoff$152,358 N/A**
2016Oklahoma State Senate, District 17Won $92,274 N/A**
Grand total$250,357 $4,825
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2020

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2015


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2013


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Charlie Laster (D)
Oklahoma State Senate District 17
2012-2020
Succeeded by
Shane Jett (R)


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