Ryan Kiesel
Political commentatorRyan Kiesel is a civil rights attorney and political consultant.
He served as Executive Director of the ACLU of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2020. Prior to leading the ACLU of Oklahoma, Ryan served three terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010.
Ryan has been legal counsel on multiple landmark lawsuits dealing with a range of issues, including the First Amendment and the rights of the incarcerated.
He also taught a seminar, Politics and the Law, as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Ryan received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss a lawsuit filed by Labor Commissioner candidate Sean Roberts against State Rep. Carol Bush for slander, and several primary runoff elections. -
This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a call from five Republican female lawmakers for Labor Commissioner candidate Sean Roberts to drop out of the race after accusations from his ex-wife of abuse and mistreatment and more.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Oklahoma falling behind in online registration for new voters, Education Secretary Ryan Walters releasing funding to Tulsa Public Schools for early childhood education and federal auditors want Oklahoma to return COVID funding money they say was misspent by Gov. Kevin Stitt's administration.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a deal with Panasonic falling through after the electronics company picked Kansas to build a new manufacturing plant and what will now happen to the nearly $700M set aside to entice the business to come to Oklahoma.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a request by Gov. Kevin Stitt for an investigative audit of the Tulsa Public School District and an inquiry by the State Bureau of Investigation of the Commissioners of the Land Office.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a U.S. Supreme Court ruling saying the state has the right to prosecute non-Native suspects who commit crimes on tribal lands against Native Americans and supporters of a ballot measure to put recreational marijuana on the ballot turn in 164,000 signatures to the Secretary of State.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses the outlawing of abortion in Oklahoma after the U.S. Supreme Court decision and the results of this week's primary election.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a new poll showing a sizeable lead by Congressman Markwayne Mullin in the U.S. Senate race to fill Jim Inhofe's seat.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt pulling political ads featuring current Attorney General John O'Connor after ethical and legal questions from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and a federal judge ruling Oklahoma's three-drug execution protocol as constitutional.
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This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses a special legislative session to determine how to spend $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funds, a nearly $10 billion budget proposal and a hearing on the Department of Tourism's deal with Swadley's Bar-B-Q.
