Susan Paddack
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Susan Paddack | |
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| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 13th district | |
| In office November 17, 2004 – November 22, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Dick Wilkerson |
| Succeeded by | Greg McCortney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baytown, Texas, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Gary Paddack |
| Alma mater | Brownfield High School University of Colorado East Central University |
| Profession | Educator |
Susan Paddack (born in Baytown, Texas) is a Democratic politician and former educator in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma State Senate representing District 13, which includes Pontotoc and Hughes counties and parts of Garvin and Coal counties, since 2004. As of 2013, she served as Minority Whip and Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee.
Paddack was a candidate for the role of Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, but ultimately failed to win the election against her Republican opponent, Janet Barresi.
Prior to her political career, Paddack was a science teacher and adjunct professor.
Educational career
Susan Paddack was born in Baytown, 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, Paddack went on to earn a bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Colorado after attending Texas Tech University for two years and a master's of education degree from East Central University. Paddack and her husband moved to Ada, Oklahoma in the early 1980s.[1] Paddack was the first person in her family to obtain a college education, let alone a master's degree.
Paddack was Director of Local Education Foundation Outreach for the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for over nine years.[2] She was also a science teacher in secondary schools as well as adjunct faculty member in the Education Department at East Central University.[3]