# Susan Paddack

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{{short description|American politician and educator}}
{{Infobox officeholder 
| name=Susan Paddack
| image =  Paddack bio.jpg
| state_senate=Oklahoma
| district=13th
| term_start= November 17, 2004
| term_end= November 22, 2016
| preceded= [Dick Wilkerson](/source/Dick_Wilkerson)
| succeeded= [Greg McCortney](/source/Greg_McCortney)
| party=[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_place=[Baytown, Texas](/source/Baytown%2C_Texas), U.S.
| alma_mater=Brownfield High School<br>[University of Colorado](/source/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder)<br>[East Central University](/source/East_Central_University)
| profession= [Educator](/source/Educator)
| spouse= Gary Paddack
}}
 
'''Susan Paddack''' (born in [Baytown, Texas](/source/Baytown%2C_Texas)) is a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politician and former educator in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma). She served in the [Oklahoma State Senate](/source/Oklahoma_State_Senate) representing District 13, which includes [Pontotoc](/source/Pontotoc_County%2C_Oklahoma) and [Hughes](/source/Hughes_County%2C_Oklahoma) counties and parts of [Garvin](/source/Garvin_County%2C_Oklahoma) and [Coal](/source/Coal_County%2C_Oklahoma) counties, since 2004. As of 2013, she served as Minority [Whip](/source/Whip_(politics)) and Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee.

Paddack was a candidate for the role of [Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction](/source/Oklahoma_Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction), but ultimately failed to win the election against her Republican opponent, [Janet Barresi](/source/Janet_Barresi).

Prior to her political career, Paddack was a science teacher and [adjunct professor](/source/adjunct_professor).

==Early life==
Susan Paddack was born in [Baytown, Texas](/source/Baytown%2C_Texas). Her father was Vice President of the General Telephone Company and her mother was a stay-at-home mom. After graduating from high school in [Brownfield, Texas](/source/Brownfield%2C_Texas), Paddack went on to earn a bachelor's degree in Education from the [University of Colorado](/source/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder) after attending [Texas Tech University](/source/Texas_Tech_University) for two years and a master's of education degree from [East Central University](/source/East_Central_University). Paddack and her husband moved to Ada, Oklahoma in the early 1980s.<ref>[http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/paddack_bio.html Senator Susan Paddack - District 13] ''official State Senate website''</ref> Paddack was the first person in her family to obtain a college education, let alone a master's degree.

===Educational career===
Paddack was Director of Local Education Foundation Outreach for the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for over nine years.<ref>[http://www.ofe.org/news/2005/2005-10-27.htm Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence press release]</ref> She was also a science teacher in secondary schools as well as [adjunct](/source/Adjunct_professor) faculty member in the Education Department at [East Central University](/source/East_Central_University).<ref>[http://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/legislature/id/263/rec/35 Susan Paddack -- Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project]</ref>

==Political career==
In 2004 Paddack was elected to the [Oklahoma State Senate](/source/Oklahoma_State_Senate) where she currently serves. While campaigning, Paddack commonly told constituents that she was a "Texan by birth but an Oklahoman by choice." Paddack was named "50 Women Making a Difference" in Oklahoma by the ''Journal Record'' in 2004 <ref>[http://www.oksenate.gov/Senators/biographies/paddack_bio.html Susan Paddack Senate site]</ref> and 2008.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20080722/ai_n27940455/ 50 Making a Difference, ''The Journal Record'', 2008]</ref>

Paddack ran for [Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction](/source/Oklahoma_Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction) in the 2010 election, but was defeated by Republican Janet Barresi.

===Senate Committees===
*Appropriations
*Appropriation Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation
*Appropriation Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary
*Education
*Finance
*Pensions
*Public Safety
*Transportation

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[https://library.okstate.edu/oralhistory/digital/wotol/ Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project -- OSU Library]
*[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=46298 Project Vote Smart - Susan Paddack (OK)] profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Susan Paddack
**[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=106230 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=79059 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=70354 2004] campaign contributions

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