Joy hofmeister biography
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Joy hofmeister biography
Joy Hofmeister
American educator and politician (born 1964)
Joy Lynn Hofmeister (née Janosky, born September 7, 1964) is an American educator and politician who served as the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2015 to 2023.
On October 7, 2021, Hofmeister switched parties to run for the Democratic nomination in Oklahoma's 2022 gubernatorial election. She won the Democratic nomination and lost the general election to incumbent Kevin Stitt.
Due to her switch, Hofmeister is to date the only Democrat since 2011 to hold statewide office in Oklahoma.
Education and career
Hofmeister is a former public school teacher and owner of a Kumon afterschool program business from Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] In the private sector, she spent 15 years operating Kumon Math & Reading Centers of South Tulsa.[2] This organization works through parent partnerships to ensure higher academic achievement for children.[citation needed] During that time s