Oklahoma Rep. James Lankford eyes leadership position in Congress
Just three years removed from running a Baptist youth camp, Rep. James Lankford, of Oklahoma City, appears to have locked down the fifth-ranking spot in the House Republican leadership.
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Published: November 9, 2012
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Rep. James Lankford Elected Tuesday to a second term in Congress.
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He was the director of the Falls Creek youth camp and a political neophyte in 2009 when he began running for Congress and wound up knocking off two experienced and well-funded GOP primary candidates with a grass-roots campaign.
Lankford got 59 percent of the vote Tuesday in winning a second term in the district that includes most of Oklahoma County, Pottawatomie County and Seminole County.
Twenty years ago, another Oklahoma City Republican was chairman of his party's policy committee — former Rep. Mickey Edwards. Former Sen. Don Nickles, of Ponca City, was chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee for six years.
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