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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: Olivia Trusty to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission (Reappointment) Yea Jun 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Olivia Trusty to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission Yea Jun 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gary Andres to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Yea Jun 16, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Yea Jun 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2307 Yea Jun 12, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Amdt. No. 2307 Yea Jun 12, 2025 Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Amdt. No. 2310 Nay Jun 12, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yea Jun 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 54 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab… Nay Jun 11, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 53 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain… Nay Jun 11, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Yea Jun 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Long to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yea Jun 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Hughes, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Jun 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Hughes to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Jun 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Yea Jun 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Yea Jun 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Fotouhi, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jun 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jun 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brett Shumate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jun 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jun 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jun 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Andrew Eisenberg to be an Assistant Attorney General (National Security Division) Yea Jun 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Yea Jun 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward Walsh, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland Yea Jun 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Not voting Jun 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed 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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