1. Ralph Shortey resigned in March 2017 after being charged with three felonies relating to prostitution from a male minor.
16 Facts About Ralph Shortey
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Ralph Shortey spent a portion of his childhood on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Grass Mountain, South Dakota, before moving to Oklahoma.
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Ralph Shortey's attorney said Shortey grew up in poverty, was shot by his brother at the age of 3, and was abused by stepfathers and his mother's boyfriends.
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Ralph Shortey graduated from Westmoore High School in 2000, and studied at Heartland Baptist Bible College.
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Ralph Shortey first became involved in politics circa 2002, becoming active in a number of Republican political campaigns.
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Ralph Shortey was an advocate of family values during his campaigns.
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Ralph Shortey was reelected in 2014, defeating his Democratic opponent Michael Brooks-Jimenez, an attorney.
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Ralph Shortey turned himself in the same day and was released on a $100,000 bond.
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Ralph Shortey's lawyer said it would not yet be appropriate to comment.
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In sentencing testimony, Ralph Shortey apologized to his family, fellow Christians, and his constituents.
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The Associated Press reported that as a state senator, Ralph Shortey "routinely voted with his Republican colleagues on bills targeting gay and transgender people", including a measure passed in 2017 to allow business owners to discriminate against LGBT people.
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Ralph Shortey was known for his firm opposition to illegal immigration and to gun control.
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Ralph Shortey maintained that state legislators had a constitutional right to carry guns in the Oklahoma State Capitol.
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Duane Chapman and his wife Beth supported legislation introduced by Ralph Shortey to regulate the bounty-hunting industry.
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Ralph Shortey took a "hard-line stance against abortion" and in 2012 proposed legislation to outlaw the use of aborted fetuses in food; the widely ridiculed bill did not receive a committee hearing.
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In February 2017, Ralph Shortey came under public criticism for trying to retighten state drug laws which Oklahoma voters had voted to loosen in November 2016.