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Member brief · 119th Congress

Sen. James Lankford

R · Republican · U.S. Senator, Oklahoma1

In Congress
Since 2011 · 15 years
 Next election
Nov 7, 2028
 Committee leadership (+1 more)
Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Chairman, Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure

CommitteesFinance; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Ethics; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence2

Participation3

99 / 100

Chamber median 98
909 of 915 roll calls

Party unity3

100 / 100

Chamber median 99
on 837 party-line votes

Cross-party agreement3

8 / 100

Chamber median 9
on 888 contested votes

Ideology score4

+0.59

Chamber median +0.32
−1 left · +1 right

Notable votes and votes by issue

In the full brief: five notable recent votes chosen by a fixed rule (most recent breaks with party first), each with the member’s vote, the party’s position and a source, plus how often Lankford votes with the party on each issue.

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Money and lobbying

In the full brief: how many of Lankford’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on bills Lankford voted on or cosponsored, with the dollars beside the chamber median; the top bills; campaign totals and the top PACs.

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Votes most like5

R Alan Armstrong OK 100% of 180
R Mike Crapo ID 100% of 877
R Tim Scott SC 100% of 862

Share of roll calls both voted on where they voted the same way.

Next race

Nov 7, 2028 · Seat next on the ballot in 20281

Data as of Nov 5, 2026 · votes through Sep 30, 2026 · Method: https://oathstar.com/methodology · Live profile: https://oathstar.com/people/james-lankford

  1. 1. Member record and terms: congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-05. www.congress.gov/people/L000575
  2. 2. Committees: unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-05. github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
  3. 3. Participation, party unity, cross-party agreement, votes by issue: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress, retrieved 2026-11-05. voteview.com/person/21166
  1. 4. Ideology: DW-NOMINATE first dimension, Voteview, 119th Congress. voteview.com/person/21166
  2. 5. Votes most like: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress. voteview.com/data

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