{{ infobox officeholder | state_house = Oklahoma | district = 37th | term_start = November 1996 | term_end = November 2006 | predecessor = James Holt | successor = Ken Luttrell | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|3|24}} | birth_place = Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican Party }} '''Jim Newport''' is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 37th district from 1996 to 2006.
==Biography== Jim Newport was born on March 24, 1961, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Newport Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12431/jim-newport |website=votesmart.org |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=February 8, 2026}}</ref> He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party representing the 37th district from 1996 to 2006. He was preceded in office by James Holt and succeeded in office by Ken Luttrell.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma History |url=http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |access-date=August 8, 2024 |archive-date=February 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218215829/http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/14-histry.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> After leaving the legislature he worked as a lobbyist.<ref>{{cite news |title=From office to lobbyist |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/state/2010/02/07/from-office-to-lobbyist/61291731007/ |access-date=February 8, 2026 |work=The Oklahoman |date=February 7, 2010}}</ref>
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Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Category:21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature Category:Republican Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Category:People from Okmulgee, Oklahoma