Chickasaw law graduate community, political activist

Rhonda Rudd

Contributed by Kerri McDonald, tribal media relations

Chickasaw citizen Rhonda Rudd developed a passion for politics while studying as a political science student at the University of Central Oklahoma. After earning a law degree from Oklahoma City University in May of 2005, Rudd decided to put that passion to work by becoming a candidate for the 2006 Senate District 46 election.

Rudd is a 1982 graduate of Putnam City High School, a 2002 graduate of UCO and a 2005 graduate of OCU Law School. During her time in college, she received several scholarships from the Chickasaw Nation that allowed her to obtain her undergraduate and law degrees. While in law school, Rudd worked with the Native American Legal Resource Center helping research the Children’s Code for the Apache Tribe of Anadarko.

As a longtime resident of Oklahoma City, Rudd would be serving residents from her own neighborhood.

“I have lived and worked in the Oklahoma City area for most of the past thirty years,” she said. “From high school to law school, the opportunities to make my life better have been right here. Public service is my chance to give something back to the community.”

Rudd is currently the Precinct Chair of Precinct 483. She has worked on several campaigns including being a paid employee of the “No on 695” campaign, the campaign against “Right to Work.” She was also appointed to the Affirmative Action Committee of the Oklahoma Democratic Party and is on the board of the ACLU.

Rudd is the mother of three children she has raised in the Oklahoma City area. She is a descendant of Winchester Colbert, a great-granddaughter to G.W. Young and granddaughter to Patsy Young, all Chickasaw citizens.

More information about Rhonda Rudd can be found on her website at www.ruddforsenate.com.