James Lankford
U.S. Senator (Class 3), OK
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health | Yea | Mar 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Yea | Mar 25, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Yea | Mar 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State | Yea | Mar 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Mar 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Paul Amdt. No. 1266 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Merkley Amdt. No. 1273 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor | Yea | Mar 12, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor | Yea | Mar 12, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Yea | Mar 12, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Yea | Mar 12, 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 type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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.
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