Commissioner Ray Vaughn
 E-mail: rvaughn@oklahomacounty.org
 Phone: (405) 713-1503

 District 3 Oklahoma County Commissioner  Raymond L. Vaughn, Jr. is a husband, father,  grandfather, and native Oklahoman. In 2006,  the citizens of Oklahoma County elected him  to serve a four-year term as County  Commissioner for District 3, which covers  most of Northern Oklahoma County including  Edmond, Arcadia, Luther, The Village,  Nichols Hills, Warr Acres, Bethany and  Oklahoma City. When he took office on  January 2, 2007, his colleagues elected him as Vice-Chair of the Board of  County Commissioners.

 In his first month in office, Commissioner Vaughn fulfilled a campaign  promise in leading the way to re-establish the Budget Board in Oklahoma  County, effective June 30, 2007. He also worked with County and City  officials to establish “Super Snow Routes,” a countywide snow removal  system affecting nearly all local municipalities and unincorporated areas.  Thanks to these efforts, commuters now have seamlessly maintained routes  across the county during inclement winter weather.

 Commissioner Vaughn has also re-established and served as Chairman for  the Jail Funding Task Force, a committee of community leaders working to  address issues facing the Oklahoma County jail. He led the way to dissolve  the establishment of the Office of Budget and Management, saving taxpayers  an estimated $250,000, annually, and he met with Oklahoma City Planning  Officials to improve cooperation between Oklahoma City and Oklahoma  County to improve roads leading into Edmond. He also assisted in  establishing the Budget Evaluation Team, which aids the budget process by  making preliminary preparations before consideration of the budget by  elected officials, and helped establish an IT Committee to analyze Oklahoma  County’s high tech needs.

 Commissioner Vaughn is a 1966 graduate of Edmond High School, and he  received a B.A. from Oklahoma Christian College in 1970. He graduated  from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1976. He currently serves  as a trustee for Oklahoma Christian University and the University of Central  Oklahoma Foundation.

 Before starting his law practice, Commissioner Vaughn worked as a  television anchor and reporter in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona. Since  1976, he has been in the private practice of law in Edmond, Oklahoma, and  is the founding partner of Vaughn and Winton LLC. He served as an  Edmond Associate Municipal Judge from 1986 to 1988. Through the  Oklahoma Bar Association, he produced and hosted the “Ask-a-Lawyer”  television and radio program for 26 and 13 years, respectively. He has also  owned many small businesses.

 The citizens of Edmond elected Commissioner Vaughn to the Oklahoma  House of Representatives, District 81, in 1988, where he served until term- limited in 2004. While in the State House, Commissioner Vaughn’s  colleagues elected him as Assistant Minority Leader on four occasions.  Former Governor Frank Keating appointed him as the Chairman of the  Governor’s Task Force on Tobacco and Youth, and he served as Vice- Chairman for the following committees: Rules, Appropriations and Budget,  Education, Judiciary, and Public Health. Commissioner Vaughn led the fight  in limiting second-hand smoke in public places, including restaurants.

 Through the years, numerous organizations have awarded Commissioner  Vaughn with honors recognizing his legislative, legal, and charitable service.  He received the Oklahoma Bar Association Liberty Bell Award, Edmond  Citizen of the Year, Legislator of the Year by the SW Regional Department  of Human Services Oklahoma Academy of Family Practice Physicians, and  Legislator of the Year by the Oklahoma Department of Health.

 Commissioner Vaughn currently serves as an elder of the Westwood Church  of Christ in Edmond, Oklahoma. He has also served as a Board Member of  the Edmond Chamber of Commerce, Edmond Hope Center, Edmond  Regional Medical Center, Heritage National Bank, Eastern European  Missions, National Conference of State Legislature’s Health Task Force,  and American Legislative Exchange Council’s Health Task Force.

 Commissioner Vaughn and his wife Suzanne have been married for 39 years  and have three grown children and seven grandchildren