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James Lankford

U.S. Senator (Class 3), OK

Republican Oklahoma since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), OK current
Oklahoma
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oklahoma
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), OK
Oklahoma
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), OK
Oklahoma
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oklahoma
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District OK-5
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, OK-5
Oklahoma
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District OK-5
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, OK-5
Oklahoma
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.590, social dim. 0.150. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 3941 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3946 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3947 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Yea Nov 7, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 90 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Nay Nov 6, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Yea Nov 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Nov 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 4, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua D. Dunlap to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Oct 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. Nay Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Nay Oct 29, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 69 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. Nay Oct 28, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jordan Emery Pratt to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,130,744. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 238 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 67 $241,297 21%
Corporate PAC 27 $173,627 15%
Small-dollar 144 $9,000 1%
Unclassified 762 $706,819 63%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$12,000 SEA ISLAND COMPANY FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Corporate PAC Sep 19, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,871 MIDFIRST BANK FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Corporate PAC May 3, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 MANDELBLATT, ERIC FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 ROWAN, MARC J. FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 MANDELBLATT, DANIELLE FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 KANADY, CHRISTIAN FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Jun 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 SAMPLES, RYAN FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Aug 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 WINRED FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Corporate PAC Aug 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 WINRED FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Corporate PAC Jun 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 ROWAN, CAROLYN FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 WINRED FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 MASSEY, GREGORY LEWIS FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Aug 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 WINRED FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,600 KAY, ALISON FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Jun 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 ARMSTRONG, SINCLAIR WALKER JR. FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD Big donor Aug 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

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