| Anastasia Pittman | |
| Office: | Member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council |
| Term Start: | 2021 |
| Constituency: | Dosar Barkus Band |
| State Senate2: | Oklahoma |
| District2: | 48th |
| Term Start2: | November 16, 2014 |
| Term End2: | November 16, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Constance N. Johnson |
| Successor2: | George E. Young |
| State House3: | Oklahoma |
| District3: | 99th |
| Term Start3: | November 16, 2006 |
| Term End3: | November 16, 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | Opio Toure |
| Successor3: | George Young |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Citizenship: | Seminole Nation of Oklahoma American |
| Children: | Ajay Pittman |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | University of Oklahoma (BA) Langston University (MEd) |
Anastasia A. Pittman (born July 19, 1970) is an American and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma politician from the state of Oklahoma. She has served on the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma General Council since 2021 representing the Dosar Barkus Band.
She represented the 99th district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman served in the House from 2006 to 2014. In April 2014, she filed to run for an Oklahoma Senate seat vacated by Constance N. Johnson. Pittman was elected to the Oklahoma Senate and represented the 48th district until 2018. In 2018, she was the Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor in Oklahoma.
Pittman was born on July 19, 1970, in Miami, Florida.[1] Her mother was also a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.[2] Her family moved back and forth from Miami to Oklahoma City every summer. During one summer, Pittman's parents did not return on time for her and her brother and their grandmother enrolled them in school in Oklahoma. Pittman's grandmother later became her legal guardian and Pittman finished high school and college in Oklahoma. Pittman graduated from Star Spencer High School.[3]
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and public relations in 1999 from the University of Oklahoma and a Master's degree in Education and Behavioral Science from Langston University in 2002.
She served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014.[4] In 2013 Pittman was selected to lead the Legislative Black Caucus of the Oklahoma Legislature.[5]
Pittman served in the Oklahoma Senate between 2014 and 2018.
Pittman ran for one of the Dosar Barkus Band's seat in 2021 against three other candidates, with the two top vote earners winning a seat.[6] Pittman and Terry Loy Edwards won the election.[7]
Pittman ran for Oklahoma County Clerk in 2016, losing to Rick Warren.[8]
Pittman ran for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 2018, facing Anna Dearmore in the Democratic
Pittman announced her intention to run against incumbent Oklahoma County Commissioner Carrie Blumert in November 2021.[11] Blumert and Pittman also faced Christine Byrd and Kendra Coleman, an Oklahoma County District Judge removed from office in September 2020 for misconduct.[12] Pittman placed first in the June primary and advanced to a runoff alongside Blumert.[13] She lost the August runoff to Blumert.[14]
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