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James Lankford

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 4, 1968 in Dallas, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.S., 1990
  • Southwestern Theological Baptist Seminary, M.Div., 1994

Career:

  • Falls Creek Youth Camp director, 1996-2009
  • Director of student ministry, Baptist Convention of Oklahoma


Election Results for James Lankford


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 42 OK R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 18,760 33.6%
2010 42 OK R U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 29,817 65.2%
2010 42 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 123,236 62.5%
2012 44 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 153,603 58.7%
2014 46 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 152,749 35.5%
2014 46 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 557,002 67.9%
2016 48 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 980,892 67.7%
2022 54 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 243,132 67.8%
2022 54 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 739,960 64.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for James Lankford


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2011 43 House 97 3 D 19 81 99 0 84
2012 44 House 97 3 D 10 90 99 0 84
2013 45 House 97 3 D 12 88 99 0 80
2014 46 House 79 2 D 8 80 81 6 94
2015 47 Senate 96 4 D 51 49 100 0 96
2016 48 Senate 85 15 D 48 52 99 0 92
2017 49 Senate 100 0 R 98 2 100 0 88
2018 50 Senate 97 3 R 95 3 99 0 91
2019 51 Senate 100 0 R 96 4 100 0 95
2020 52 Senate 99 1 R 93 7 100 0 87
2021 53 Senate 99 0 D 39 61 99 0 89
2022 54 Senate 98 1 D 9 91 99 97
2023 55 Senate 93 3 D 99 78
2024 56 Senate 90 8 D 99
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.