Ryan Kiesel

Ryan Dean Kiesel (January 15, 1980 – January 31, 2025) was an American civil rights attorney and politician who represented the 28th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he later served as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma from August 2011 to June 2020.

Early life and education Kiesel was born in Oklahoma City on January 15, 1980. He was raised in Seminole, Oklahoma and graduated from Seminole High School in 1998. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma House Kiesel won election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from District 28 in 2004, while he was still a law student. He won reelection in 2006 and 2008. He did not run for reelection in 2010. He also worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Law. He was also a regular guest on KOSU's This Week in Oklahoma Politics hosted by Michael Cross for 12 years.

He died on January 31, 2025, at the age of 45 from cancer.