Todd Hiett | |
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Member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Class 1 | |
Assumed office January 12, 2015 | |
Governor | Mary Fallin Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | Patrice Douglas |
Chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission | |
In office April 1, 2019 – August 7, 2024 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | Dana Murphy |
Succeeded by | Kim David |
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
In office January 2005 – January 2007 | |
Preceded by | Larry Adair |
Succeeded by | Lance Cargill |
Minority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
In office 2002 – January 2005 | |
Preceded by | Fred Morgan |
Succeeded by | Jari Askins |
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 29th district | |
In office January 1995 – January 2007 | |
Preceded by | David Thompson |
Succeeded by | Skye McNiel |
Personal details | |
Born | Kellyville, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Oklahoma State University, Stillwater (BS) |
Todd Hiett is an American rancher and politician who has served on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission since 2015.
A rancher from Kellyville, Oklahoma, Hiett was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1994 and served until term limited in 2006. He was elected the Republican minority leader in 2002 and became Speaker of the House in 2005 when Republicans won control of the chamber. Hiett was the first Republican to hold that position in over eight decades.
In 2006, he launched a campaign to succeed Mary Fallin as the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma. Hiett lost the 2006 race to the Democratic nominee Jari Askins. In 2014, Hiett was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and he was reelected in 2020. In April 2019 his fellow commissioners elected him chairman of the commission. He resigned the chairmanship in August 2024.