This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.

He was the president of the Council of State Governments in 2007. Election results. His second term ended on January 10 2011 as Oklahoma governors and other statewide elected officeholders are sworn-in on the second Monday every four years.

Henry faced Republican US Representative Ernest Istook for re-election on November 7 2006 and won with 66% of the vote. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party he was elected governor in 2002.