Scott Inman


Scott Inman is a former Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the Minority Leader
and representative of state House District 94 from 2006 to 2019.

Early life and career

Inman was born and raised in Del City, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated in 2001 summa cum laude with a degree in political science and a Spanish minor. Inman also attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law where he received his J.D. in 2004. Upon graduating from law school, he practiced law with a firm in downtown Oklahoma City specializing in insurance defense.

Political career

When state House District 94 became vacant in the spring of 2006, Inman put his law practice on hold and ran for office. Upon his election in the fall of 2006, Inman became the first graduate of Del City High School to represent the city of Del City, Oklahoma at the Oklahoma Legislature. In May 2009, Inman was elected to serve as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus, and re-elected by his colleagues to another two years in May 2011. Inman became the youngest person to lead a caucus in the Oklahoma House or Senate, and the first state representative from Oklahoma County to lead the traditionally rural Democratic caucus in more than 40 years.
At the start of the 2012 legislative session, Inman announced the legislative agenda of the House Democratic caucus, prioritizing the areas of job creation, public education, transportation and natural resource policies.
In 2012, Inman and House Speaker Kris Steele introduced a proposal to reject a pay raise for statewide officials and judges.
In 2017, Inman campaigned for Governor of Oklahoma in the 2018 election. In October 2017 he dropped his bid for governor and announced that he planned to resign from the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In December 2017, Inman announced that he would serve out the remainder of his final term. Inman was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits in 2018.

Personal life

Inman was married to his high school sweetheart, Dessa, and together they have two daughters.
Dessa Baker-Inman filed for divorce in April 2018.

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