James Lankford

U.S. Senator, OK

OK Senate · Republican

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. From 2011 to 2015, he represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. 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 first elected to Congress in 2010 and was reelected in 2012. He was elected to the Senate in a 2014 special election, and was reelected in 2016 and 2022.

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