Periodically throughout the campaign season, Oklahoma Political News Service will profile major candidates for state and federal offices. Our first profile is Democrat and Lt. Governor candidate Pete Regan. The 36 year old Tulsa native is one of ten siblings who was one of the first members of his family to graduate college. While finishing his degree in the evenings, Regan worked full time as a school administrator with former governor George Nigh, while Nigh was University of Central Oklahoma President. Former Gov. George Nigh and his wife, Donna, are co-chairs of Regan's campaign. Regan continued his education by earning his Bachelor's Degree in Economics and his Master's Degree of Public Administration at the University of Central Oklahoma, graduating with honors. He earned his law degree from the University of Oklahoma while also working full time. Regan says as Lt. Governor, he wants to be an "ambassador for the state." "I believe the lieutenant governor should be a voice for the underserved and for small business. We just want our families to have jobs, continue to live in their communities, stop the brain drain to the east and west coast and to quit losing our teachers to Texas." Regan is running on a platform of ethics reform. His proposals include making it illegal to solicit or accept political contributions 30 days before or after legislative session, as well as during the session. Regan is also calling for closing an existing loophole that allows term limited legislators to raise money for offices they are legally prohibited from seeking. "The legislative session should be for doing the people's business -- not for political campaigning and certainly not for fundraising." Pete Regan and his wife, Amy, live near Afton. Posted at 6/28/2006 08:22:00 AM