Mark Mann

Senator Mark Mann was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2024, representing District 46, including Del City and parts of Oklahoma City. 

Mann has lived in Senate District 46 for 19 years and was born and raised in Eastern Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma on a President’s Leadership Class Scholarship and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international government.

Before being elected to the Senate, Mann served on the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education as District 4 board member and was twice selected by his peers to be vice chair of the board. He represented families in the central core of Oklahoma City and chaired the district’s Finance Committee and co-chaired the Bond Committee. In his time on the board, Mann gained a reputation as an advocate for increased school funding, public transparency for school finances, and as a champion for students. 

Mann currently serves as a board member for Oklahoma Lawyers for Children and Families, a non-profit organization assisting children with legal representation and educational advocacy. He also is a board member for Oklahoman Alliance for Healthy Families, a statewide coalition of public health experts and parents with the goal of improving the health of our schools, communities and families. 

 He is a past board member for the Oklahoma State School Boards Association; past board member and treasurer for youth services for Oklahoma County’s Board of Trustees (PIVOT); past board member for Wilson Arts Inc., a non-profit foundation supporting Wilson Arts Integration School in Oklahoma City; and was a former board member of the Oklahoma Celebration of Reading. Mann served on the board of the Warren Spahn Gala Awards, honoring high school student athletes and other sports professionals; was past president of Bricktown Rotary Club; chairman of the Bricktown Rotary Foundation; and was past assistant district governor for Rotary International District 5750. He was appointed by Governor Brad Henry to serve on the Oklahoma Podiatric Medical Examiners Board, and was honored as an outstanding state employee during his service to State Superintendent Sandy Garrett.  

 Mann and his wife, Tonya, a life-long educator, have two sons, Alex, an attorney in Denver, his wife, Emily, and Andrew, a student at Classen School of Advanced Studies High School in Oklahoma City.