Rep. Tammy West is serving as the Majority Whip during her third term in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Rep. West’s strong leadership abilities combined with her exceptional communications skills were significant reasons she was appointed Majority Whip by Speaker of the House Charles McCall. Her peers elected Rep. West to serve as the Caucus Vice Chair her first year in office, and she was later elected Caucus Chair.

Tammy West is a strong supporter of local control of schools …

• Elected to the Putnam City School Board of Education in 2009 and reelected in 2014, both times unopposed
• Served as president of the Putnam City Board of Education in 2013
• Honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the State Regents for Higher Education during the 2017 session

Tammy West is an accomplished community and business leader …

• Completed the Southern Leadership Conference’s Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills program, the premier professional development program for elected and appointed Southern state officials, in 2017
• Received the 2018 Rising Star Award by the State Chamber of Oklahoma for her role as a legislative leader in the business community
• Awarded the AARP Legislative Leadership Award and named the Legislator of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of Realtors ® in 2019
• One of 11 select legislators chosen within the Southern region to attend the Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills (CALS); appointed to the Southern Leadership Conference Education Committee
• Nominated by the Speaker of the House, West attended the 16th annual State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) conference at the prestigious Darden School of Business. In addition, the Speaker also appointed her as a GOPAC member.
• Serves on the Board of Directors for RISE, Re-entry Investment in Student Education and is a Prison Fellowship member.
• Rep. West has been effective in enacting legislation that provides for a victim-centered, restorative justice deferred prosecution progam, while still promoting public safety and protecting victims. In 2021, Tammy received the “Bulldog Award” from the District Attorney’s Council for her “fight to improve criminal justice” in Oklahoma.

Rep. West is Vice Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and is a member of the Full Appropriations and Budget, Common Education, and Rules Committees.

Tammy has lived for 40 years in the state house district she represents.

A graduate of Central State University (now UCO) with a degree in business management, she owned and operated a successful small business, Wellness Plus, for more than 20 years.

Tammy and her husband, Jon, are active members of Council Road Baptist Church and have three grown children and two grandchildren.