Lankford, James
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James Paul Lankford (born March 4, 1968) is an American Southern Baptist minister and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. From 1996 to 2009, Lankford was president of the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a youth camp operated by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Lankford was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 and reelected in 2012. He was elected to the Senate in a 2014 special election following Senator Tom Coburn's planned resignation. He was reelected in 2016 and 2022.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Lankford, James
- First name
- James
- Last name
- Lankford
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Oklahoma U.S. Senate — 2028 General Election 2028-11-07 REP C
- Oklahoma U.S. Senate — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,827,715.34
- Total disbursements
- $1,299,837.02
- Cash on hand
- $4,676,076.52
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $1,827,715.34 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $780,883.96;Share: 42.7%;Denominator: $1,827,715.34 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $702,100.00;Share: 38.4%;Denominator: $1,827,715.34 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,827,715.34 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,827,715.34 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,827,715.34 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $344,731.38;Share: 18.9%;Denominator: $1,827,715.34 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $343,428.00
- Itemized
- $343,428.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 473 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $343,428.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $9,650.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $1,000.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $2,875.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $3,225.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $4,900.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $59,100.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $9,725.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $33,975.00;Transactions: 32;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $15,445.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $4,147.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $10,575.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $10,850.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $1,875.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $6,875.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $19,225.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $7,600.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $7,200.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $34,911.00;Transactions: 27;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $23,855.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $8,365.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $34,765.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $26,565.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $1,425.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $5,300.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $343,428.00 across 473 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $10,500.00;Transactions: 213 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $12,690.00;Transactions: 49 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $38,600.00;Transactions: 76 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $86,441.00;Transactions: 82 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $195,197.00;Transactions: 53 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 34% in district
- District share basis
- $118,265.00 in district and $225,163.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $343,428.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| OK | Dollars: $118,265.00;Transactions: 223;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $62,375.00;Transactions: 69;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $38,422.00;Transactions: 41;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
| VA | Dollars: $30,500.00;Transactions: 43;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $17,950.00;Transactions: 9;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $75,916.00;Transactions: 88;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $343,428.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| KIMBER, SHELDON | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| VIELEHR, BYRON | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARMSTRONG, SINCLAIR WALKER JR. | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| KANADY, CHRISTIAN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| KAY, ALISON | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| LOWELL OSHMAN, LISHA K. | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| MANDELBLATT, DANIELLE | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| MANDELBLATT, ERIC | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| MASSEY, GREGORY LEWIS | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| ROWAN, CAROLYN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $78,925.00 | 198 transactions |
| INDIAN TRIBE | $14,650.00 | 6 transactions |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT | $9,100.00 | 3 transactions |
| APOLLO | $8,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| INTERSECT POWER | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARMSTRONG BANK | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| CAROLYN ROWAN COLLECTION | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| CARTER CHEVROLET | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| ECHO INVESTMENT CAPITAL, LLC | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| FIRST UNITED BANK | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $71,950.00 | 20 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $71,950.00 and 20 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S4OK00232
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H0OK05114
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Source record ID: cn:2024:S4OK00232
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Source record ID: cn:2026:H0OK05114
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S4OK00232
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H0OK05114
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:L000575
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4OK00232:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4OK00232:2028
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000575
- fec_candidate_id
- H0OK05114
- fec_candidate_ids
- H0OK05114,S4OK00232
- govtrack_id
- 412464
- wikidata_id
- Q45940