Education
University of Oklahoma.
University of Oklahoma.
He currently works for Uplands Resources Incorporated. in Tulsa as Vice-President of Land and Operations and is the current President of the Energy Council, an international coalition of states and Canadian province leaders in energy policy. Bingman received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Oklahoma in 1976. Bingman continues active participation in the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen and the Oklahoma Independent Producers Association.
Bingman served as Mayor of Sapulpa from 1992 to 2004.
Bingman was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and the Oklahoma Senate in 2006. Bingman was appointed the Company-Chairman of the Energy Committee in 2006 and was re-appointed as the sole Chairman of the committee upon the Republican majority election in 2008.
Bingman became President Pro Tempore of the Senate on January 4, 2011.
Bingman is a member of the Creek Nation and the Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce.