Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Steve Russell

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · OklahomaHouse 2015–2019 (OK-5)

Steve Russell was a Republican U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (114th–115th Congress).

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40Bills & resolutions sponsored114th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

9Passed a chamberof 36 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

5Became law4 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 114th–115th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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

H.R. 6893 Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act
Dec 21, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-383.
H.R. 2196 To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
Oct 11, 2018 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
H.R. 4917 IG Subpoena Authority Act
Sep 27, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.Res. 1007 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that not fully resourcing the United States Army in a timely manner erodes the Army's ability to maintain…
Jul 25, 2018 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 3023 To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to educational institutions.
Apr 11, 2018 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Russell has won

Rep. Russell has won 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.3 to 23.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won2 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 20.3 points2016, OK-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 2 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Oklahoma’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Steve Russell (R) 2014–2016 → Kendra S. Horn (D) 2018 → Stephanie I. Bice (R) 2020–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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.

How has Oklahoma’s 5th district done while Rep. Russell served?

2015 to 2018 in OK-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

OK-5: $64.3K in 2015 → $64.4K in 2018

OK-5 about the sameOklahoma about the sameU.S. up 5%

Share of people below the poverty line

OK-5: 16.9% in 2015 → 17.7% in 2018

OK-5 about the sameOklahoma about the sameU.S. down 1.6 points

Share of workers looking for a job

OK-5: 4.8% in 2015 → 4.1% in 2018

OK-5 about the sameOklahoma down 1.1 pointsU.S. down 1.4 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Oklahoma’s 5th district during Russell’s time representing it (2015 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. OK-5 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Russell’s term so far (2015 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 22 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	22	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	21	See the 21 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	5	See the 5 →
With a committee report listed	5	See the 5 →
With a Congress.gov note	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.