I am a lifelong Oklahoman, retired railroad engineer, former school board member, and working-class advocate running for State House to bring common sense leadership and small town values to the State Capitol.
Read more: Glinski announces candidacy for state repI grew up in a working-class family with deep roots in Leflore County. My paternal grandparents were Lawrence and Sada Glinski. He was a Polish immigrant coal miner, who worked in the mines until his body no longer allowed him. She was a former school teacher known for her wit and sage advice.
On my mom’s side, my grandparents were Fred and Burbie Burns, tenant farmers from the Forrester community who, through hard work and perseverance, became owners of their own farm.
These were people who believed in humor, hard work and treating others the way you want to be treated. These values helped shape me.
I was born on Tachikawa Air Force Base in Japan and am the son of a career Air Force veteran, John Glinski. My mom was Bettye Glinski, a skilled seamstress, tailor and quilter. We moved frequently during childhood and I attended schools in Okinawa and various places in the United States before eventually moving home to Heavener for my high school years. Both of my parents and my sisters are Heavener alums as well.
Upon graduating from Heavener High School I attended Carl Albert and briefly the University of Oklahoma, before beginning a 40-year railroad career. For 35 of those years, I worked as a locomotive engineer for the Kansas City Southern and became a proud member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. Railroading requires teamwork and responsibility. Those same disciplines apply to public service. Our representatives are, in a very real sense, employees of the people in the district they serve.
Karen and I will celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary in November. She is a Wister High School graduate and the most genuine and caring person I know. She also has a beautiful laugh! Both of our children, Jake and Kaynan, are Heavener High School graduates and have careers in the transportation industry. We also have two grandchildren attending public schools in Leflore County.
I served 12 years on the Heavener Board of Education where I learned the importance of strengthening public schools and supporting teachers and students.
This campaign will be grounded on the simple but powerful values of respect, fairness, humility, and compassion. Building bridges works far better than building barriers. I’m not guided by rigid ideology. I am guided by the values that I have seen and learned. If we treat each other with respect and work together, we can get Oklahoma on the right track.
*Support Workers and Small Business
*Work for Affordable Property Insurance
*Protect Rural Healthcare
*Advocate For Strong Public Schools
*Be Guided By Values Over Ideology
For more information or to get involved go to GlinskiForHouse.com. Please email me at GlinskiForHouse@gmail.com with any questions or comments. You may also contact us at: Steve Glinski For State House 2026, PO Box 74, Poteau, Oklahoma 74953.
I Look Forward to Meeting You,
Steve Glinski
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