Leaving office January 1, 2027.Did not run for re-election in 2026. This page switches to the former-officeholder layout when the term ends.
RepublicanIn office until January 1, 2027

Dell Kerbs

Oklahoma State Representative, District 26 since 2016. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027.

Oklahoma State Representative, District 26

In office
9 yrs
Since 2016
Bills became law
15
92 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
16.8%
Chamber median 7.0%
With party
91%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+24.8
Won 2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Education Oversight · chair
  • Appropriations and Budget
  • Appropriations and Budget
  • Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
  • Pandemic Relief Funding
  • Select Committee to Review Mental Health Finances
  • Tourism

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 92 sponsored · 15 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
SB 2011 Assault and battery; modifying scope of certain offenses. Effective date.
Became law May 2026
SB 1198 Counties and county officers; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to release certain liens on…
Became law May 2026
HB 3472 Environment and natural resources; definitions; definition of used tire processing; effective date.
Became law Apr 2026
SB 235 Teachers; establishing the Grow Your Own Educator Program; providing for grant application process.…
Became law Jun 2025
HB 1751 Motor vehicles; Service Oklahoma; various changes; licenses; identification cards; effective date; emergency.
Became law May 2025

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Kerbs sits in the Oklahoma House of Representatives

Kerbs is closer to the center than 74% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianKerbsMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: John George, T.J. Marti, Anthony Moore

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:59 PM ET

With Kerbs’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans91%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Kerbs’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Kerbs was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2024Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 26WonR+24.8
2022Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 26WonR+35.0
2020Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 26WonR+38.0
2018Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 26WonR+13.9
2016Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 26WonR+11.6

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Kerbs has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Kerbs has run against

  • Kerri Keck (D) · 2024 general, won
  • Gregory Hardin (D) · 2022 general, won
  • Bryce Barfield (D) · 2020 general, won
  • Terry W. Hopkins (D) · 2018 general, won
  • Nick Atwood (D) · 2016 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Kerbs

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET