BRECHEEN, Josh, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Ada, Pontotoc County, Okla., June 19, 1979; an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation; graduated from Coalgate High School, Coalgate, Okla., 1997; attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Okla.; B.S., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 2002; rancher; small business owner; staff, United States Senator Thomas Allen Coburn of Oklahoma, 2005-2010; member of the Oklahoma state senate, 2010-2018; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress (January 3, 2023 – present).