Andrew Rice

Andrew Rice
Rice at a parade in Oklahoma City
Minority Leader of the Oklahoma Senate
In office
2011–2012
Preceded byCharlie Laster
Succeeded bySean Burrage
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 46th district
In office
November 2006 – January 15, 2012
Preceded byBernest Cain
Succeeded byAl McAffrey
Personal details
Born (1973-04-23) April 23, 1973 (age 51)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseApple Newman
Alma materChristchurch School,
Colby College,
Harvard University
OccupationNon-profit director

Andrew Monroe Rice (born April 23, 1973) is an American civic leader and politician from Oklahoma. He represented Senate District 46 in the Oklahoma State Senate. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for the United States Senate in 2008, losing to incumbent U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.

Rice worked as Foundation Fundraising Director of Variety Care health systems in Central Oklahoma, a non-profit group which serves moderate income families with health care.

He resigned from his Senate seat January 15, 2012, citing an out-of-state career opportunity for his wife.

In 2020, Rice published a novel, Ghosts of Ursino, and a collection of poems, Luminosity.


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