---
type: Person
title: "James Lankford"
description: "U.S. Senate - OK — State of Oklahoma"
role: "U.S. Senate - OK"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "OK"
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  - role: "Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair"
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    since: "2025-01-03"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure"
    role: "chair"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/taxation-and-irs-oversight"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/border-management-federal-workforce-and-regulatory-affairs"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/permanent-subcommittee-on-investigations"
  - name: "Senate Select Committee on Ethics"
    role: "chair"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-ethics"
  - name: "Senate Select Committee on Intelligence"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-intelligence"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2028
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
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sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ok]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# James Lankford

Current U.S. Senate - OK (State of Oklahoma).

## Leadership

- Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair (since 2025-01-03)

## Committees

- [Senate Committee on Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/energy-natural-resources-and-infrastructure.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/taxation-and-irs-oversight.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/border-management-federal-workforce-and-regulatory-affairs.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/homeland-security-and-governmental-affairs/subcommittees/permanent-subcommittee-on-investigations.md)
- [Senate Select Committee on Ethics](/us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-ethics.md) — **chair**
- [Senate Select Committee on Intelligence](/us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-intelligence.md)

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).