{{Short description|American politician (1950–2019)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Roger Ballenger | image = Roger Ballenger.png | state_senate= Oklahoma | district= 8th | term_start= November 16, 2006 | term_end= November 18, 2014 | predecessor= Frank Shurden | successor= Roger Thompson | birth_date= {{Birth date|1950|9|25}} | birth_place= Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date= {{Death date and age|2019|10|27|1950|9|25}} | death_place= Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S. | party= Democratic | alma_mater= OSU Institute of Technology of Okmulgee | occupation= electrical contractor, rancher }} '''Roger Ballenger''' (September 25, 1950 – October 27, 2019) was an American politician. He served in the Oklahoma Senate, representing district 8, which includes McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Tulsa counties, from 2006 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Krehbiel |first=Randy |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/former-state-sen-roger-ballenger-dead-at/article_09906a47-e8e2-519e-94b7-bc154afff00d.html |title=Former state Sen. Roger Ballenger dead at 69 |publisher=Tulsaworld.com |date=2019-10-28 |accessdate=2019-11-12}}</ref>
He died of melanoma on October 27, 2019, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma at age 69.<ref>{{cite web|last=Savage |first=Tres |url=https://nondoc.com/2019/10/28/former-sen-roger-ballenger-dead-at-69/ |title='Everybody liked him': Former Sen. Roger Ballenger dies at 69 |publisher=Nondoc.com |date=2019-10-28 |accessdate=2019-11-12}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/ballenger_bio.html Senator Roger Ballenger - District 8] ''official State Senate website'' *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=67996 Project Vote Smart - Roger Ballenger (OK)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - Roger Ballenger **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=97775 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=84491 2006] campaign contributions
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballenger, Roger}} Category:1950 births Category:2019 deaths Category:People from Okmulgee, Oklahoma Category:Democratic Party Oklahoma state senators Category:21st-century members of the Oklahoma Legislature
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