Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Don Nickles
Donald Nickles was a Republican U.S. senator from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (100th–108th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- S. 3031 ICARE ActDec 7, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11901-11905)
- S. 2128 Natural Born Citizen ActOct 5, 2004 · Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
- S. 2374 Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004Sep 28, 2004 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 728.
- S. 103 A bill for the relief of Lindita Idrizi Heath.Jul 22, 2004 · Became Private Law No: 108-1.
- S. 2662 SUTA Dumping Prevention Act of 2004Jul 15, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 164 (101st) A joint resolution designating 1990 as the "International Year of Bible Reading".Became law
- S. 606 (106th) A bill for the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee…Became law
- S. 871 (105th) Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997Became law
- S. 1096 (101st) A bill to provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Seminole Indians in dockets 73, 151, and 73-A of the Indians Claims Commission.Became law
- S.J.Res. 6 (107th) A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code…Became law
- S. 1546 (106th) A bill to amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional administrative authorities to the United States Commission on…Became law
- S. 2561 (105th) Consumer Reporting Employment Clarification Act of 1998Became law
- S.J.Res. 141 (100th) A joint resolution designating August 29, 1988, as "National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day".Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Nickles has won
Sen. Nickles has won 4 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986, 1992, 1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.9 to 35.1 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.