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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
Confirmation: Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jason Reding Quinones to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Burch to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3411, as amended Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3115 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murphy Amdt. No. 3447 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luigi Rinaldi to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental… Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Kent to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Woll to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Jul 31, 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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