David Walters

David Lee Walters ( born November 20, 1951 as Canute, Washita County, Oklahoma) is an American politician. He was from 1991 to 1995 the 24th Governor of the State of Oklahoma.

Early years and political rise

David Walters attended until 1973, the University of Oklahoma and then studied until 1975 at Harvard University. He began his professional career in the management of the University of Oklahoma as a management system and Project Administrator. In 1976, he also worked on the staff of Governor David L. Boren. Until 1982 he remained in various positions in the service of the University of Oklahoma. After that, he was director of a private real estate company.

Walters is a member of the Democratic Party. In 1983 he became a member and chairman of a government committee in Oklahoma, which dealt with the reform of the civil service. A year later, he participated in a Commission consisting of 100 persons with the reform of the administrative structure in Oklahoma. In 1990 he was elected governor of his state, where he prevailed with 57.4 percent of the vote against Republican Bill Price.

Governor of Oklahoma

David Walters took up his new post on 14 January 1991. In his four-year tenure of the education budget was increased by a third. Use of government bonds in the amount of $ 350 million could be made more financial resources for expansion and construction of new educational institutions throughout the State. Walters was also chairman of the National Governors Association. During his tenure, however, Walters had to concede, which led to his resignation for re- election candidacy also a misdemeanor.

Further CV

In 2002, Walters returned to the political stage. He won his party's nomination for a seat in the U.S. Senate, but then was defeated in the elections the Republican incumbent Jim Inhofe. David Walters is married to Rhonda Smith, with whom he has three daughters. One son died in 1991.