Mike Mazzei

Mike Mazzei
Oklahoma Secretary of Budget
In office 2019–2020
Governor	Kevin Stitt
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	John Laws
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 25th district
In office November 17, 2004 – November 22, 2016
Preceded by	Charles Ford
Succeeded by	Joe Newhouse
Personal details
Born	1965
Political party	Republican
Residence	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Alma mater	George Mason University
Website	Mike Mazzei's Personal Website

Mike Mazzei is a former Republican United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma and was an assistant majority floor leader of the Oklahoma Senate.

Electoral history

Mazzei was elected by an overwhelming majority in a five-person Republican primary in 2004. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate and no independent or third-party candidate filed for the general election; thus, the primary win resulted in his election to the Oklahoma Senate.

Mazzei faced no opposition in his 2008 election bid. In 2012, he faced a challenge in the Republican Primary election. He defeated Ronda Vuillemont-Smith to secure re-election.

Personal life

Mike Mazzei, is the Founder and CEO of Trinity Strategic Wealth. A Certified Financial Planner® professional and Master Planner Advanced Studies®, he created The Financial Freedom Process™ to help individuals develop comprehensive life, financial and investment strategies that enable them to reach greater success, enjoy life to the fullest and leave lasting legacies.

Mazzei is a graduate of George Mason University and the College for Financial Planning, and is a member of the Financial Planners Association. Mike belongs to Asbury United Methodist Church and serves on the board of The Salvation Army.

He and his wife, Noel, reside in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and have five adult children.

Public Service Record

Mazzei was appointed as co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in 2006 and reappointed as the sole chairman upon the Republican majority election in 2008. He was also named to serve as a Republican assistant floor leader in the Oklahoma State Senate in 2007, and in 2008 was elected to serve as assistant majority floor leader.

Among his accomplishments in office, Mazzei lists the following:

• Championed a series of state pension reform laws from 2006 to 2011 that saved Oklahoma taxpayers billions of dollars, stopped the bleeding of the state pension systems, put more dollars into the failing Teacher Retirement System and reformed all pension systems to properly require funding for cost-of-living adjustments. At the time of passage, the bill was estimated to save taxpayers $6 billion over time. To this day, all state pension systems are on course for a proper level of funding to secure retirement payments for teachers, troopers and state employees thanks to these critical reforms. ​
• Presented and led the passage of a tax relief package that lowered the state income tax rate from 5.65% to 5.25%, established Oklahoma’s first “back to school” sales tax holiday, and eliminated the franchise tax for a majority of Oklahoma small businesses.
• Presented and Passed legislation allowing the people of Oklahoma to amend the Constitution to make sure Oklahoma businesses do not have to pay taxes on intangible properties.
• Authored legislation to establish a business deal closing fund (The Quick Action Closing Fund) which enables Oklahoma to invest in infrastructure projects to attract jobs to Oklahoma. The State will retain a vested interest in all joint public-private business deals with "claw-back" penalties for companies that don't produce the jobs specified for the business project.

​* Authored legislation to create the 21st Century Quality Jobs Incentive Act, which builds on the highly successful Quality Jobs Program to grant even greater incentives to companies who produce jobs that offer a salary significantly higher than Oklahoma's average income per person.

• Authored legislation to end the five-year ad valorem tax exemption for new wind farms developed on or after January 1, 2017. By ending this overly generous tax subsidy, Oklahoma taxpayers are estimated to save over $40 Million per year.
• Authored legislation to eliminate a special retirement benefit feature for Oklahoma elected officials. This feature enabled Oklahoma legislators to accumulate twice the monthly benefit of a regular state employee. Going forward, elected officials now have the same type of retirement benefits as regular state employees.
• Co-authored legislation to create the Revenue Stabilization Fund, which receives excess revenues from the gross production tax above a five-year rolling average and serves as a resource when revenue failures and projected shortfalls occur.
• Co-authored legislation to reduce the top marginal individual income tax rate from 5.25% to 5.0% beginning with tax year 2016 and to 4.85% for subsequent tax years, contingent upon certain revenue growth. When fully implemented, this plan is estimated to save Oklahoma taxpayers $200 Million.​

Election results

July 27, 2004, Primary Election results for Oklahoma State Senator for District 25

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Mike Mazzei	Republican Party	6,374	61.61%
	Joan King Hastings	Republican Party	1,611	15.57%
	Doug Gorman	Republican Party	1,433	13.85%
	Dennis Loudermilk	Republican Party	788	7.62%
	Fran Moghaddam	Republican Party	139	1.34%
Source: [1]

June 26, 2012, Primary Election results for Oklahoma State Senator for District 25

Candidates		Party	Votes	%
	Mike Mazzei	Republican Party	5,492	73.53%
	Ronda Vuillemont-Smith	Republican Party	1,977	26.47%
Source: [2]

References

• Senator Mazzei's Official Website
• Oklahoma State Election Board, 2004
• Oklahoma State Election Board, 2012 Republican Primary Results