Jim Olsen is an American politician who serves in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 2nd district as a member of the Republican Party.
13 Facts About Jim Olsen
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Jim Olsen was elected to the state house in the 2018 election to succeed John R Bennett.
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Jim Olsen graduated from Nassau Community College with an associate of arts degree, the University at Albany, SUNY with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the Free Gospel Bible Institute.
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Jim Olsen married Becky, with whom he had seven children.
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Jim Olsen worked as a Sunday School teacher at Watts Holiness Church.
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Jim Olsen defeated Democratic nominee Tom Stites in the general election.
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Jim Olsen was reelected without opposition in the 2020 election.
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Jim Olsen has served as chair of the Elections and Ethics committee.
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Jim Olsen is against abortion and has compared abortion to the Holocaust.
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In 2021, Jim Olsen introduced legislation to prohibit abortion by making it a felony to perform abortions.
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Jim Olsen has co-authored legislation to ban the distribution of drugs used for abortion.
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Jim Olsen was among twenty-four members of the state house and fifteen members of the state senate who sent a letter to Oklahoma's delegation to the United States Congress asking from them to not certify the electoral college results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Jim Olsen proposed legislation to limit the teaching of slavery by state agencies and public school districts and prohibit the usage of The 1619 Project.