Ardmore Rep. Pat Ownbey has announced he will no seek re-election next year at the end of his current term.
Had the Republican legislator chosen to run again, it would have been for his final term because of term limits. Ownbey was elected to the House in 2009 for the District 48 seat.
He was a member of the House Public Safety Committee as well as chairman of the Appropriations and Budget Human Services committee. Ownbey also served on the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget and his district covered Carter, Garvin and Murray counties.
The legislator made the announcement on Facebook over the weekend, indicating he originally had wanted to announce the decision in early November.