[u][b]Name:[/b][/u]
Joshua Daniels Hoffman
[u][b]Age:[/b][/u]
48
[u][b]District:[/b][/u]
Oklahoma's Second Congressional District
[u][b]Years in Office:[/b][/u] 
1st year US Rep/ 3 years Oklahoma State Rep.
[u][b]Political Party/Faction within that party:[/b][/u]
Republican/ Oklahoma Constitution Party and The Heritage Foundation.
[u][b]Ethnicity/Religion:[/b][/u]
Caucasian/Christian
[u][b]Character Background:[/b][/u]
Hoffman is newly elected as the United States Representative from Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in 2013. Previously he was a state representative in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing the 2nd district. Hoffman also serves as a Chaplain (Major) in the Oklahoma National Guard. Born in McAlester Oklahoma, Hoffman is a graduate of McAlester High School. He attended Oklahoma University, where he received a B.A. in Political science and Criminal law, in 1988. He attended the Dallas Theological Seminary, receiving his Master of Divinity in 1996. Hoffman also earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, in 2007.

Hoffman worked as an intern for Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole, before working as a salesman selling hazardous material safety products from 1994 to 2005, Hoffman was also senior pastor at Christian Fellowship Church, while co-owning a Bookstore with his wife, Alysia, Hoffman worked as a lawyer, and has been a managing partner at the Hoffman and Howell law firm since 2010.Since late 1980s, Hoffman has served in the Oklahoma National Guard, as a Army-Chaplain, Major Hoffman was deployed to Balad Air Base for five months in 2008, during the Iraq War.Hoffman served three terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma's 2nd district from 2007 to 2013. After the Republican incumbent state representative decided he would run for the Oklahoma State Senate, Hoffman announced he would run for the vacated seat. He won in an uncontested primary, and wasn't challenged in the general election.