Jim Olsen

Jim Olsen graduated from the State University of New York with a business degree. He married Becky, with whom he had four children with. He worked as a Sunday School teacher at Watts Holiness Church.[1]

Olsen ran for the Republican nomination in the 21 to succeed retiring Representative John R. Bennett for a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 2nd district.[2] During the campaign he was endorsed by U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin, Senator Allen, and Representative Bennett.[3]

During the 2018 election Olsen was endorsed by the National Rifle Association and the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association, with the association giving him an A rating.[4] He was one of four members of the Oklahoma legislature to receive an 100% rating from the Oklahoma Constitution's Conservative Index.[5]

Olsen is against abortion and has compared abortion to the Holocaust.[6]

In 2021, Olsen introduced legislation to abolish abortion by making it a felony to perform abortions. During the bill's committee hearing he compared the movement to prohibit abortion to the slavery abolitionist movement and stated "the context that I was addressing that, none of us would like to be killed. None of us would like to be a slave. If I had my choice, I guess I’d be a slave. At least the slave has his life. Once your life is gone, it’s gone," in response to Representative Ajay Pittman. The legislation was approved by the public health committee by a vote of eight to one.[7]