Randy Swanson Joins OG&E

Mike McCarville

Political veteran Randy Swanson has left Congressman James Lankford’s staff to become Director of Public Affairs for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company.

With Lankford now seeking the Republican nomination for the U. S. Senate, Swanson said, he felt the timing was right to make a major career change. He said he’s grown weary of constant traveling and being separated from his family.

Swanson joined Lankford as his chief of staff following Lankford’s 2010 election.

It has been Swanson’s second stint in congressional politics. Previously, he was press secretary for Congressman Frank Lucas.

He also worked for the Oklahoma State Senate as the director of communications and managed J.C. Watts’ campaign for the Corporation Commission in 1990, moving there from the Bill Price For Governor campaign.

Swanson lives in Yukon with his wife, Carol. They are the parents of David, Joel and Luke. David is a 2010 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Joel is a student at OCU, Luke at Oklahoma Christian University.