Republican Frank Lucas is a lifelong rancher and farmer who was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's District 3.http://www.house.gov/lucas/biography.shtml He took that office following a special election in 1994, when former incumbent Glenn English resigned.http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/congress/109cong/lucas109.htm Lucas has been the congressman for Oklahoma's District 3 continuously since his election. He was reelected to office in November 2010 with 77.99% of the vote against Democrat Frankie Robbins.http://www.ok.gov/elections/support/10gen.html He is will be up for reelection in 2012.http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=27032
As the representative from Oklahoma District 3, he represents 32 counties in the state that covers northern and western Oklahoma. Before becoming a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he served for the Oklahoma State House of Representatives for almost six years.http://www.house.gov/lucas/biography.shtml
Biography
Lucas was born in Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and he is a fifth-generation Oklahoman from a family of ranchers and farmers. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1982 with a degree in agricultural economics.http://www.house.gov/lucas/biography.shtml He has not retired from ranching, as he still runs a cattle ranch in western Oklahoma. He and his wife Lynda have three children and one grandchild.http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/congress/109cong/lucas109.htm
Legislation
Lucas has fought for legislation to keep marriage between one man and one woman. He also fought for legislation to keep the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.http://www.frankdlucas.com/about.htm
He is a member of several of committees, including the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and he is the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. He is also a member of the Republican Whip Team under the leadership of California Congressman Kevin McCarthy.http://www.house.gov/lucas/biography.shtml
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An interview from 2009 where Representative Frank D. Lucas talks to Fox News host Neil Cavuto about the town hall meetings he holds in District 3 of Oklahoma. During a town hall meeting he held that afternoon, the topic was government healthcare, which Frank D. Lucas is against.
