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U.S. Senator from Oklahoma · Class III

James Lankford

Republican 3rd term Up 2028 Chair · Select Committee on Ethics

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.2M raised · top PACs: American Society of Association Executives, CSX, Novo Nordisk Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 2 of 184 party-line votes (1%; most Republicans: 1%)
100LoyaltyMed 100
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 9
2BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2015–now
House 2011–2015
15 years in CongressMore senior than 53% of the Senate
Committees
  • Select Committee on Ethics Chair
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 3rd majority
  • Select Committee on Intelligence 6th majority
Age
58

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date748213519152
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—63543469121

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
International Affairs 12% 6%
Government Operations and Politics 27% 24%
Health 8% 9%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, International Affairs and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), October 7th Attacks (International Affairs), Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement).
  • 82 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairSelect Committee on EthicsFull committee
ChairEnergy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure SubcommitteeFinance
ChairBorder Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs SubcommitteeHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Vice ChairSenate Republican ConferenceParty leadership · Since Jan 2025

+3 more on Background

Chair of the Select Committee on Ethics, more senior than 53% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 53% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

19% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Lankford.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

19% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Armstrong and Crapo.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 60 · expected 50
Action in committee 7 · expected 8
Beyond committee 5 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 1 · expected 1
Became law 1 · expected 1
EffectivenessRank 68 of 100 in the Senate

0.57expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

1 of 60 bills passed the Senate; 1 became law; effectiveness 0.57 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 3175 (out of committee), S. 4632 (out of committee), S. 2283 (became law).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.59

With his party on all 15 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.59, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 2 of 184.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Lankford$1.2M raised40%34%26%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

40% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$1.2M raised, 34% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

30 PACs of the 104 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Trade and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. American Society of Association Executives18% D
  2. CSX29% D
  3. Novo Nordisk54% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

53 bills

Lankford voted Yea on 11, and sponsored or cosponsored 42 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.