16 Facts About Todd Hiett

Todd Hiett was born on 1967 and is an American rancher and politician who has served on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission since 2015.

Todd Hiett was elected the Republican minority leader in 2002 and became Speaker of the House in 2005 when Republicans won control of the chamber.

Todd Hiett was the first Republican to hold that position in over eight decades.

Todd Hiett lost the 2006 race to the Democratic nominee Jari Askins.

In 2014, Todd Hiett was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and he was reelected in 2020.

Todd Hiett is married with three children and lives on a ranch near Kellyville, Oklahoma.

Todd Hiett has said he was motivated to enter politics when the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture quarantined his herd of cattle, and extended the quarantine even after receiving blood tests on the animals that were negative for any disease.

Todd Hiett had to appear before the state Board of Agriculture to get the quarantine lifted.

In 2004, Todd Hiett supported the impeachment of Carroll Fisher, the then-Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner.

Todd Hiett is only the second Republican to hold that position.

Todd Hiett did not run for reelection in 2006, instead running to succeed Mary Fallin as Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma.

Todd Hiett, according to Oklahoma state law, had to face Pruitt in a runoff, with the winner receiving the party's nomination.

In 2014, Todd Hiett was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

In July 2024 it was reported that Todd Hiett had "acted inappropriately" at the Mid-American Regulatory Conference in Minneapolis the month prior.

Later that month more details about how Todd Hiett "groped a man" who worked for a company regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which Todd Hiett chaired at the time, were published.

Todd Hiett refused to resign, said he did not remember the incident, and that it was "horseplay," but did seek treatment for alcohol addiction.