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James Lankford

U.S. Senator (Class 3), OK

Republican Oklahoma since Jan 3, 2023

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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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
SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Oct 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy Yea Oct 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy Yea Oct 1, 2025 Cloture Motion 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 Oct 1, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 1, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected 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 Sep 30, 2025 Bill Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Sep 30, 2025 Bill Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act Yea Sep 29, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the United… Yea Sep 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of… Yea Sep 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Yea Sep 19, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Yea Sep 19, 2025 Cloture Motion 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 Sep 19, 2025 Bill Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Sep 19, 2025 Bill Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157… Yea Sep 18, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154… Yea Sep 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of the Senate? Nay Sep 17, 2025 Decision of Chair Not Sustained U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. en bloc (Roll Call Vote No. 522) was not… Yea Sep 17, 2025 Motion to Reconsider Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154… Yea Sep 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the… Yea Sep 16, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Sep 16, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Yea Sep 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Yea Sep 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 15, 2025 Resolution Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 11, 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)

Social media

Recent posts

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