Mauree Turner

2021-03-04T15:36:48Z

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| pronouns=[[they/them]], [[she/her]]<ref name="Smith">{{Cite web |title=Mauree Turner is the first nonbinary and first Muslim Oklahoma state lawmaker |last=Smith |first=Kelsie |work=CNN |date=November 5, 2020 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |url= https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/politics/first-nonbinary-and-muslim-oklahoma-lawmaker/index.html}}</ref><ref name="tweet11052020">{{cite tweet|user=MaureeTurnerOK|number=1324394753790742539|date=November 5, 2020|title=That's me! Mauree Turner. Pronouns They & She (not preferred, just pronouns) I am a born n raised Muslim-Oklahoman. Non-binary femme, & community organizer. The work I've been doing with, in, & for my community goes back years.}}</ref>
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'''Mauree Nivek Rajah Salima Turner'''<ref>https://www.maureeturner.com/about</ref> is an American politician and community organizer. In November 2020, they were elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, making them the first publicly nonbinary USA state-level lawmaker and the first Muslim member of the Oklahoma Legislature.<ref name="Smith" /><ref name="Telusma">{{Cite web |title=Mauree Turner to be 1st non-binary lawmaker in US, 1st Muslim legislator in Oklahoma |last=Telusma |first=Blue |work=TheGrio |date=November 4, 2020 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |url= https://thegrio.com/2020/11/04/mauree-turner-1st-non-binary-muslim-legislator-oklahoma/}}</ref> Turner got 71.4% of the vote, handily defeating their opponent, Republican Kelly Barlean.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Mauree_Turner</ref>

Turner campaigned on issues including criminal justice reform, improving public education, raising the minimum wage, and improving healthcare options.<ref>https://www.maureeturner.com/community-issues</ref>

==Links==
*[https://www.maureeturner.com/ Website]
*[https://twitter.com/maureeturnerok Twitter]
*[https://www.instagram.com/maureeturnerok/ Instagram]

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