John Haste

Senator John Haste was born in Arkansas, raised in west Tennessee, and now lives in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Tennessee at Martin. Previously, he was a senior vice president in the home furnishings industry. In 2010, John received a pro tempore appointment to the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority and Trust, where he served as vice chair and chair. He was chair when he resigned to take his oath of office representing District 36 in the Oklahoma Senate in November of 2018.

Within the Oklahoma Senate, John was appointed as Appropriations Vice Chair in November of 2024. Previously he served as chair of both Aeronautics and Transportation and the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation and vice chair of Health and Human Services.

John serves on the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding and is co-chair of the Working Group for Health and Human Services. He was appointed as co-chair of the Concurrent Enrollment Task Force. John was appointed to serve on the Select Committee on Business Retention Economic Development and the Opioid Commission.

Nationally, John serves on the Health and Human Service Committee for the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), and vice chair of NCSL’s Health Innovation Task Force and on NCSL’s Budget Working Group. He was recently appointed to serve on the Fiscal Affairs and Government Operations Committee of the Council of State Governments Southern Office and also serves on their Education Committee (SLC).

In addition, John serves on the executive board of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for Northeast Oklahoma

John and his wife Jennifer are members and actively serve at the First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow. They have one son, Nate, and daughter-in-law, Camille and grand-puppy, Ella.