Cyndi Ann Munson is a Democratic member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing District 85 since winning a special election in 2015. She serves as House Minority Leader since 2022, becoming the first Asian American woman elected to the Oklahoma Legislature and the first Asian American nominee for Speaker. Notable achievements include leading bipartisan efforts to repeal the state sales tax on groceries, securing increased public school funding, passing patient protections against insurance "step therapy," and advocating for children, women, working families, public education, criminal justice reform, and tribal sovereignty. She announced her candidacy for Governor of Oklahoma in April 2025. Born in Monterey, California, to a Vietnam War veteran father and a mother from Seoul, South Korea, she was raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, and became the first in her family to graduate college thanks to the Oklahoma’s Promise scholarship.

Education and Political Experience

• Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Central Oklahoma
• Master of Science in leadership education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Graduate of Lawton Eisenhower High School, Youth Leadership Oklahoma Class III, Leadership Oklahoma City’s LOYAL Class VIII, Leadership Oklahoma Class 31
• Participant in the Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellowship Program

Political Experience

• Elected to Oklahoma House District 85 in special election, September 2015
• House Minority Leader
• Democratic Caucus Chair
• Committees: Appropriations and Budget , Government Oversight, Children, Youth, and Family Services, Rural Development; Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget, Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding
• Board of Directors, Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
• Over a decade in non-profits: leadership programs for girls at Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma ; OK Messages Project ; Rotary Club of Oklahoma City member