Career
Reneau served as the Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor for three consecutive terms. First elected in 1994, she is the only woman to serve as Labor Commissioner. Reelected in 1998 and 2002, she lost her bid for another term in 2006 and her term ended in January 2007.
In Reneau"s first campaign for office, she was endorsed by The Oklahoman against incumbent Dave Renfro.
In the endorsement, it was noted that a third of the employees in Renfro"s office were on the "verge of mutiny" due to "his favoritism, biased enforcement, and the sexual tensions in their daily working environment." In her first re-election campaign, she faced the father of J.C. Watts and was again endorsed by The Oklahoman. In 2013, Tulsa businessman Larry Mocha credited Reneau with improving the relationship with the business community and said the relationship has continued with her successors, Lloyd Fields and Mark Costello.
