Lisa Standridge

Standridge is from Noble, Oklahoma, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy.^[1][2] She runs Blanchard Drug and Gift, which she owns alongside Rob Standridge, her husband. Their pharmacy stocked hydroxychloroquine during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.^[3] The same year she supported recall efforts against Norman Mayor Breea Clark and four city councilors who voted to reallocate $800,000 of police funding.^[1]

In 2024, Standridge ran to succeed her husband Rob Standridge in representing the 15th district of the Oklahoma Senate. She faced Kyle Chapman, Tommie Herell, Robert C. Keyes, Kelly Lynn, and Brandon Nofire.^[3] She led in the primary election and advanced to a runoff alongside Keyes.^[4] She narrowly won the runoff by 55 votes.^[5] In the general election, she received over 61% of the vote and defeated Democrat Elizabeth Foreman.^[2] She was sworn in on November 13, 2024.^[6]

Shortly after taking office, she authored SB 484 which would ban all Oklahoma cities (except Tulsa and Oklahoma City) from providing shelter or outreach for homeless individuals if passed into law.^[7]