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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 64.5%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 17.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 797,981
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $59,242
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: State Question 833: Public Infrastructure Districts (2024) — failed, margin Overwhelmingly rejected
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: State Question 834: Citizenship Requirement for Voting (2024) — passed, margin Approximately 80% in favor
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 522 (share 0.08)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 211 (share 0.13)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 111 (share 0.18)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: USDA Grazinglands Research Laboratory / Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (150 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Devon Energy (1600 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Oklahoma State University (8500 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District is the state's largest by area, spanning over 34,000 square miles across western and central Oklahoma, including the Panhandle region bordering New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas. The district is predominantly rural with an agricultural and energy-based economy. Its population of approximately 798,000 is 65.8% White (non-Hispanic) and 21.2% Hispanic. The median household income of $59,242 sits well above the national median but the poverty rate of 17.9% is elevated. The district is solidly Republican — Lucas won his 2024 primary with over 73% and faced no Democratic opponent in the general election. Key economic drivers include crop production, cattle ranching, oil and gas extraction, and agricultural research anchored by USDA facilities like the Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center at Fort Reno.
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Voted nay on H.R. 2377 (Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022) on 2022-06-09: Lucas voted with the overwhelming majority of House Republicans (201 of 206 voting GOP members) against creating a federal 'red flag' mechanism for firearm removal. The vote aligned with both his rural Oklahoma district's gun culture and the Republican party position, but his nay vote also aligned with the National Beer Wholesalers Assn and National Assn of Realtors, both top-5 career donors, who typically support broad Republican positions.
Date: 2022-06-09
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Voted yea on H.R. 2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023) on 2023-04-26: Lucas voted with the full Republican conference (217-0) to raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion while coupling it with $4.8 trillion in spending cuts and energy tax credit repeals. The vote aligned with both party leadership and donor sectors (oil and gas tax credit protections were not repealed; Devon Energy is Lucas's second-largest career donor at $146,800). Constituents in OK-03, with a median household income of $59,242 and a 17.9% poverty rate, faced potential cuts to federal programs.
Date: 2023-04-26
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Voted yea on H.R. 2642 (Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill Conference Report)) on 2014-01-29: As House Agriculture Committee Chairman, Lucas shepherded the $96-billion-per-year farm bill to passage. Conservative groups including Club for Growth and Heritage Action opposed the bill's spending levels and threatened to use the vote against Republicans in primaries. Lucas's vote aligned with his district's dominant agricultural industry (Crop Production & Basic Processing is the top employer sector in OK-03) but crossed pressure from national conservative groups that had already targeted Lucas as a 'RINO' for his 68% Club for Growth lifetime rating.
Date: 2014-01-29
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Voted yea on H.R. 550 (Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021) on 2021-11-30: Lucas was one of only 80 House Republicans (38% of the GOP conference) to vote for this bill, which authorizes $400 million in grants to modernize state immunization data systems. The Republican majority voted 130-80 against the measure. Lucas joined every Democrat in support, defecting from the majority of his party on a bill some conservatives characterized as building federal vaccine infrastructure.
Date: 2021-11-30
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[disclosure] Lucas in 2024-2025 submitted legislation seeking $16.6 million in earmarks to fund climate research at Fort Reno, part of a pilot project that could total $66.6 million, and secured a farm bill provision to block the transfer of Fort Reno land to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes while expanding the USDA climate research facility there.
Date: 2025-10-16
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[statement] Lucas in 2009 denounced the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade climate bill as a 'national energy tax' that 'will do more harm to production agriculture, American industry and our standard of living than it will do any good for the environment,' and voted against the bill.
Date: 2009-06-12
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The Office of Congressional Ethics unanimously dismissed a complaint against Lucas in 2010 that had investigated his fundraising around the time of the House financial reform vote; Lucas stated the probe damaged his reputation.
Date: 2010-09-01
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Lucas sponsored or co-sponsored 20 earmarks totaling $23,916,000 in fiscal year 2010, ranking 176th out of 435 representatives.
Date: 2010-09-30
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Lucas's leadership PAC and campaign committee received $393,400 in other committee contributions for the 2025-2026 cycle as of mid-2025, compared to $68,065 in individual contributions.
Date: 2025-06-30
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In the 2024 election cycle, Lucas raised $1,710,072 and spent $1,271,482, ending with $618,285 cash on hand.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Lucas's career top industry donor is Crop Production & Basic Processing at $1,549,755, followed by Agricultural Services/Products ($1,099,385), Commercial Banks ($1,015,255), Oil & Gas ($989,020), and Securities & Investment ($829,823).
Date: 1993-2024
Added: 03 May 2026
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