Ernest Istook

Ernest James Istook Jr. ( born February 11, 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American politician. Between 1993 and 2007 he represented the fifth electoral district of the state of Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ernest Istook visited the Castleberry High School in Fort Worth and then to 1971 Baylor University in Waco until 1967. After studying law at the law faculty of Oklahoma City University and his 1976, admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession. During his studies Ernest Istook also worked as a radio newscaster.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1977 and 1978 he was a member of a State Board of Oklahoma to control the handling of alcoholic beverages; He was also legal advisor to Governor David L. Boren. From 1982 to 1986, Istook member of the board of public libraries in Oklahoma County, since 1985, he was chairman of this committee. At the same time he was a member of Ortschaftsrat and head of the Chamber of Commerce of Warr Acres, a suburb of Oklahoma. Between 1987 and 1993, Ernest Istook deputy in the House of Representatives from Oklahoma.

1992 Istook was selected in the fifth district of Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Mickey Edwards on January 3, 1993. After six re- elections he could implement his mandate in Congress until January 3, 2007. He was at times a member of the Budget Committee and the Committee for National Security ( Homeland Security Committee ). In Congress, Ernest Istook was rather conservative. He was against abortion and same-sex marriages. But he wanted to anchor the school prayer in the Constitution. He was against the signing of the Kyoto Protocol and supported the administration of President George W. Bush wholeheartedly.

In 2006, Istook gave up another run for the House of Representatives. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Governor of Oklahoma. In the elections he was defeated with 33.5 % of the vote the Democratic incumbent Brad Henry. Later Istook was still indirectly involved in a bribery scandal in which it came to campaign contributions.

Ernest Istook is married since 1973 and has five children.