Judy Eason McIntyre

McIntyre is a native Oklahoman who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa. She received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma in 1976 and 1979 respectively.

She retired from the Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Division after 31 years. She also served on the Tulsa Public Schools School Board for 16 years serving as President for two years.

McIntyre was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate District 11 in 2004 and re-elected in 2008. She also was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives for District 73 in the 49th Legislature for 2002–2004. She was the first freshman appointed to the Speaker's Leadership Team in the House of Representatives.[2]

In 2002, she was one of sixteen black women from twelve states selected as a Fellow for the NOBEL/Women (National Organization of Black Elected Legislators/Women) for the NOBEL/Women CAWP (Center for American Women and Politics/Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University) Leadership Institute.

During her time in the State Senate she became the only African-American to preside over the State Senate during the 2nd Regular Session of the 50th Legislature. She also served as Minority Whip for the Democratic Caucus. After serving 10 years in the legislature, Senator Eason McIntyre decided to retire from the legislature and not seek re-election.

On April 2, 2011, she was elected as Chair of the Tulsa County Democratic Party for 2011–12.

McIntyre holds memberships in the following organizations: Member, Vernon AME Church; former Chair of the Tulsa County Democratic Luncheon Club; 1921 Race Riot Design Committee; the Greenwood Re-Development Authority; the NAACP; Communications Workers of America Local 6086; and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Aside from her memberships she enjoys spending time with her terrier, Harry "Give'Em Hell" Truman.[3]

McIntyre gained some notoriety in late February 2012 when picketing Oklahoma's "Personhood Bill", Senate Bill 1433, by holding a sign that read "If I wanted the government in my womb, I'd fuck a Senator,".[1]

• Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services
• Appropriations Subcommittee on Select Agencies
• Business and Labor
• Health and Human Resources - Vice Chair
• Retirement and Group Health - Chair
• Transportation
• Veterans and Military Affairs

Eason McIntyre was diagnosed with breast cancer in August, 2006 after a routine mammogram. She first underwent a lumpectomy but learned the cancer was invasive which meant a mastectomy would be needed. She decided that if the cancer was invasive, she would have a double mastectomy to decrease the chances of a recurrence. She had the double mastectomies and recovered well from the surgery. There was no lymph node involvement so she does not require any chemotherapy or radiotherapy, but she is receiving a five-year regimen of the medication Tamoxifen to attempt to keep her cancer-free.

Due to her experience, she stated that she plans to lobby for additional funding to help prevent breast cancer and to help reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans.[4]

• Senator Judy Eason McIntyre - District 11 official State Senate website
• Profile from Project Vote Smart
• Follow the Money - Judy Eason McIntyre
  • 2008 2006 2004 State Senate campaign contributions
  • 2002 State House campaign contributions
• Eason McIntyre's Breast Cancer press release
• Eason McIntyre's Breast Cancer information
• NOBEL/WOMEN website
• Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project -- OSU Library
• Voices of Oklahoma interview with Jeanne Eason Phillips. First person interview conducted on January 23, 2013, with Jeanne Eason Phillips, mother of Judy Eason McIntyre.