Cole, Tom
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Thomas Jeffery Cole is an American politician and former educator serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district since 2003. A Republican, he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1988 to 1991 and as the 26th secretary of state of Oklahoma from 1995 to 1999. An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, Cole is the longest-serving Native American in the history of Congress. On April 10, 2024, Cole was elected chair of the House Appropriations Committee.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Cole, Tom
- First name
- Tom
- Last name
- Cole
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Oklahoma 4th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Oklahoma 4th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Oklahoma 4th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $3,827,891.36
- Total disbursements
- $3,008,431.84
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $3,827,891.36 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
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Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2OK04055
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2OK04055
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2OK04055
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:C001053
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2OK04055:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2OK04055:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2OK04055:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001053
- fec_candidate_id
- H2OK04055
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2OK04055
- govtrack_id
- 400077
- wikidata_id
- Q173839