Laura Boyd | |
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| Member of the OklahomaHouseofRepresentatives from the 44th district | |
| In office January 1993 –January 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Thompson Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Bill Nations |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 5,1949 Charlottesville,Virginia,U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | David Rambo |
| Education | Duke University (BA) Marywood University (MA) William Lyon University (PhD) |
Laura Boyd (born June 5,1949) is an American politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party,Boyd was elected in 1992 to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 44,which included Cleveland County. She served in the State House for six years until 1998 when she became the first woman to receive a major party nomination for Governor of Oklahoma. Incumbent Republican governor Frank Keating defeated Boyd in a landslide. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Laura Boyd as a USA Eisenhower Fellow in 1999.