RepublicanIn office since Jan 2003

Tom Cole

U.S. Representative, OK-4 since 2003. Ran in 12 elections between 2002 and 2024, winning 12. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

U.S. Representative, OK-4Born 1949Professor

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 23 yrs; Since 2003
Bills became law: 5; 17 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 1.3%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 96%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +18.1; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

House Committee on Appropriations · Chair

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 17 sponsored · 5 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HR 7147 Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
Economics and Public Finance · Became law Apr 2026

HR 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Economics and Public Finance · Became law Feb 2026

HR 6938 Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act,…
Economics and Public Finance · Became law Jan 2026

HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and…
Economics and Public Finance · Became law Nov 2025

HR 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Economics and Public Finance · Became law Mar 2025

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Cole sits in the U.S. House

Cole is closer to the center than 88% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Steve Womack, Jeff Hurd, Jay Obernolte

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Cole’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills22%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

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

Date	Bill	Cole	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Sep 16, 2026	HR 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 262–159
Jun 30, 2026	HCONRES 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to…	No	No	Yes	Failed 189–235
Jun 9, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 214–212
May 13, 2026	HR 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure…	No	Yes	No	Passed 218–203
Feb 12, 2026	HR 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 233–185

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

Career

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

20022004200620082010201220142016201820202022202420262028U.S. House, OK-4

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.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+18.1	R+37.1	−19.0
2024	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+37.0	R+37.1	−0.1
2022	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+33.5	R+31.7	+1.8
2020	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+39.0	—	—
2018	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+30.1	—	—
2016	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+43.5	—	—
2014	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+46.1	—	—
2012	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+40.3	—	—
2010	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	—	—	—
2008	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+36.8	—	—
2006	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+29.2	—	—
2004	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+55.5	—	—
2002	U.S. House, OK-4	Won	R+7.7	—	—