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U.S. Representative for Oklahoma’s 2nd District

Josh Brecheen

Republican 2nd term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

97LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
7BipartMed 12
12BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 8th majority
  • Budget 13th majority
Age
47

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2912022667412
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1912741,2359

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 →
Government Operations and Politics 38% 17%
Agriculture and Food 13% 17%
Taxation 4% 17%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Agriculture and Food; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Government Shutdown (Government Operations and Politics), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 12 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairOversight, Investigations, and Accountability SubcommitteeHomeland Security
MemberHomeland Security Committee8th majority
MemberBudget Committee13th majority

Chair of the Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the majority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

1% · peer median 10%

Closest within his party

  1. RAndy Biggs AZ-598%
  2. RElijah Crane AZ-298%
  3. RChip Roy TX-2198%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

1% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Biggs and Crane.

  • 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 11 · expected 23
Action in committee 4 · expected 7
Beyond committee 0 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 372 of 433 in the House

0.20expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

0 of 11 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.20 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • 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 +0.84
Armed Forces & National Security6 of 38
Crime and Law Enforcement1 of 23

With his party on the other 10 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 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 97% of party-line votes, breaks 12 times (peer median 8), most on Armed Forces & National Security.

  • Position: +0.84, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 6 of 38, Crime and Law Enforcement 1 of 23, Environmental Protection 1 of 25.

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

Brecheen$250K raised46%51%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

49% of what he raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$250K raised, 51% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 52.7 points.

12 PACs of the 19 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, Transportation and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Anti-Woke Fund0% D
  2. Buckeye Victory Fund0% D
  3. National Association of Realtors46% 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

56 bills

Brecheen voted Yea on 32, Nay on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 21 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.