Mark Vancuren

Mark Vancuren is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma [House of Representatives] representing the 74th district from 2018 to 2025. He currently serves as the Tulsa County deputy county commissioner for the 2nd district.

Biography

Mark Vancuren is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He was a biology teacher and basketball, baseball, golf, and track coach at Owasso High School and participated in the 2018 [Oklahoma teachers' strike].

Vancuren was elected to the 74th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2018. In 2024, he voted in favor of a bill that would require adults to show and ID before accessing porn sites. In December 2024 Vancuren announced he would resign from the legislature to serve as Lonnie Sims' deputy county commissioner. He assumed his new office on January 1, 2025. His wife, Sheila Vancuren, was the first candidate to announce for the special election to succeed him.