James Lankford

RepublicanState R+17119th Congress

Typical swing score22#96 of 100 senators across tracked bills

Contact James Lankford’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-224-5754 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

731 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

lankford.senate.gov

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 26 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 26 of the 2092 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 315, S. 332, S. 545, S. 572, S. 861 and 21 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 315 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 332 Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 545 Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 572 Shadow Wolves Improvement Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 861 Disaster Assistance Simplification Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

Current term: January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
Senate class: Class 3
Seniority: Senior senator
Next election: November 7, 2028
Years in office: 15.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

Senate Select Committee on EthicsChairman
Majority · 1st in seniority
Senate Committee on Finance
Majority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health Care
- Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and InfrastructureChairman

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

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Their score of +0.589 is 0.03 to the right of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average

119th Congress96
Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 2001–2040 of 2040 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for James Lankford on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role		Swing score ·
S.Res. 66A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month".Summary on Congress.gov	Cosponsor	No recorded vote	0	Entrenched
S.Res. 80A resolution expressing gratitude to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Architect of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms, the Secretary of the Senate, law enforcement officers, emergency personnel, and volunteers for their support in making the Presidential Inauguration a success.