Jeff Starling in the News
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“I am not a career politician looking for the next rung in the ladder,” he said. “For example, I want to go in and have a long term, four year view of the office. And if I still have something to give after four years, run for reelection. My intent is to get out of the office, I’m not using it as a rung in the ladder to keep climbing politically.” [...]
Starling said he decided to run for attorney general because he wants Oklahoma to be a state where his wife and two daughters can feel safe and build their lives. After a successful career in the private sector, he said he “owes” something back.
“I also firmly believe in sort of a Founding Fathers’ vision, that private sector people need to lend their voice to public sector service, and that the public service is a service, it’s not a career,” Starling said. “And if you’ve been blessed with successful private sector experience and you’ve done well, then you owe something back.”
Starling said his priorities would include eradicating illegal marijuana grows, ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and protecting the “unborn” and the Second Amendment.
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Platform and priorities: Starling casts himself as a private-sector lawyer focused on public service, not a career politician. He lists three priorities: dismantling illegal marijuana operations, ensuring equal treatment under the law and defending protections for the unborn and Second Amendment rights. He says he would use federal racketeering tools against criminal networks behind illegal grow operations.
