Committees
A&B Natural Resources, Chair
Appropriations and Budget
A&B Public Safety
Conference Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Oversight
Energy and Natural Resources Oversight
GCCA
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transportation
District Information
District 17
County(s) Represented in District
Latimer, Pittsburg
Municipality(s) Represented in District
Adamson, Alderson, Bache, Blanco, Bug Tussle, Canadian, Canadian Shores, Crowder, Fanshawe, Gowen, Haileyville, Hartshorne, Indianola, Kiowa, Krebs, Longtown, McAlester, Panola, Pittsburg, Quinton, Red Oak, Savanna, Wilburton
Zipcode(s) Represented in District
74425, 74430, 74432, 74442, 74501, 74522, 74528, 74536, 74545, 74546, 74547, 74553, 74554, 74560, 74561, 74563, 74565, 74571, 74574, 74578, 74966
Year Elected
Year: 2018
Term Limited
Year: 2030
PERSONAL:
Jim Grego is a native of Latimer County, born in McAlester, the eighth of 12 children. The family lived on a small farm southwest of Wilburton.
He worked his way through school at Eastern Oklahoma State College and Oklahoma State University, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in animal science in 1977. After graduating, he worked throughout Texas with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture before he returned to Wilburton in 1986.
Grego served 22 years as the chairman of the Latimer County Conservation District and 20 years as the chairman of the West End Fire Dept. He is a board member on the Bowers School House community board.
He previously served as the postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Talihina. Today he owns and operates a cattle farm in Latimer County.
Grego and his wife, Sandy, have been married for 44 years. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Grego is staunchly pro-life and fights to protect rural values and constitutional freedoms. As a lawmaker, he co-authored one of the most aggressive pro-life bills in history. He also helped lead the charge in addressing regulations and promoting Oklahoma and American beef. He's worked to help his rural neighbors get emergency services as well as high-speed broadband internet connectivity. He's delivered on promoting rural Oklahoma job growth and health care and has protected rural schools as well as Second Amendment rights and much more.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
House of Representatives, 57th Legislature to present