Senator · Oklahoma
James Lankford
James Lankford is a Republican senator from Oklahoma, in Congress since 2011. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 6, and cast 836 of 838 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 5, 2011
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2029
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 0.7%6 of 915 · rank 89 of 101 | 100%836 of 838 · rank 21 of 101 | 821 became law | 21%72 of 350 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 0.7%5 of 691 · rank 86 of 101 | 96%512 of 533 · rank 65 of 101 | 632 became law | 28%120 of 434 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 0.6%6 of 949 · rank 89 of 100 | 99%757 of 764 · rank 38 of 100 | 531 became law | 23%81 of 357 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.59+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–67· Against party
- Mar 14, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 27–73· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
- Mar 28, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 33–62· Against party
- Dec 1, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 25–70· Against party
- Mar 10, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 35–64· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
198 sponsored · 4 became law
How far they got
- Introduced14875%
- Reported by committee136.6%
- Passed one chamber3317%
- Became law42.0%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics51
- Health20
- Armed Forces and National Security17
- Taxation17
- International Affairs15
- Immigration10
- Sports and Recreation10
- Crime and Law Enforcement8
Latest activity
- S. 5667 Ending Birthright Citizenship in U.S. Territories ActIntroduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5573 Religious Education Fairness ActIntroduced· Sep 29, 2026
- S.Res. 915 A resolution recognizing the nationwide impact of Prison Fellowship on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.Passed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 28, 2026
- S.Res. 912 A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Sep 28, 2026
- S. 5562 Jimmy Lai Internet Freedom ActIntroduced· Sep 24, 2026
- S.Res. 896 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of religious freedom, authoritative texts, and transparency in artificial intelligence systems.Passed one chamber· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Sep 23, 2026
- S.Res. 890 A resolution remembering, on the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, the countless lives the Chinese Communist Party has destroyed and the people currently living in fear of its tyrannical ambitions.Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 23, 2026
- S.Res. 861 A resolution congratulating the University of Oklahoma baseball team for winning the 2026 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Baseball Championship, the third national championship in program history.Passed one chamber· Sports and Recreation· Sep 16, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $988.7K
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $2.8M
- From committees
- $368.5K
- 134 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $96.5K
- 40 PACs · 26% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| national community pharmacists associationnational community pharmacists association - pac | $5,000 | NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| american electric powerthe american electric power committee for responsible government | $5,000 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $5M |
| hf sinclair corporationhf sinclair corporation political action committee (dino pac) | $5,000 | HF SINCLAIR REFINING & MARKETING LLCAI match · 92% · of one corporate family | $104.6M |
| smith & nephew, inc.smith & nephew, inc. pac (s+n pac) | $5,000 | SMITH & NEPHEW INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | -$63.4K |
| grant thornton advisors llcthe grant thornton advisors llc political action committee | $5,000 | GRANT THORNTON LLPAI match · 96% · of one corporate family | $1.9M |
| allison transmission inc.allison transmission inc. political action committee | $5,000 | ALLISON TRANSMISSION INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $2.8M |
| parsons corporationparsons corporation political action committee | $4,500 | PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $748M |
| quest diagnostics incorporatedquest diagnostics incorporated political action committee | $4,000 | QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization | $67.1M |
| rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee | $3,000 | RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.9B |
| the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac) | $3,000 | NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $988.7K | $368.5K | $96.5K40 PACs · 26% of committee money |
| 2024 | $913.9K | $356.4K | $117.5K46 PACs · 33% of committee money |
| 2022 | $5.9M | $2M | $482.3K103 PACs · 24% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- Senate · OklahomaJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2029
- Senate · OklahomaJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
- Senate · OklahomaJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Oklahoma's 5th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · Oklahoma's 5th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.lankford.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-5754
- Office
- 731 Hart Senate Office Building
- Contact form
- Contact form
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.