Frank Lucas
Official portrait, 2009
Chair of theHouse Science Committee
In office January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Eddie Bernice Johnson
Succeeded by	Brian Babin
Ranking Member of theHouse Science Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Eddie Bernice Johnson
Succeeded by	Zoe Lofgren
Chair of theHouse Agriculture Committee
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Collin Peterson
Succeeded by	Mike Conaway
Ranking Member of theHouse Agriculture Committee
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Bob Goodlatte
Succeeded by	Collin Peterson
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma
Incumbent
Assumed office May 10, 1994
Preceded by	Glenn English
Constituency	6th district (1994–2003) 3rd district (2003–present)
Member of theOklahoma House of Representatives from the 59th district
In office January 3, 1989 – May 10, 1994
Preceded by	Bert Russell
Succeeded by	Clay Pope
Personal details
Born	Frank Dean Lucas (1960-01-06)January 6, 1960 (age 65) Cheyenne, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lynda Bradshaw ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	3
Education	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater (BS)
Website	House website Campaign website
Lucas's voice Lucas supporting the Commercial Remote Sensing Act. Recorded January 30, 2023

Frank Dean Lucas (born January 6, 1960) is an American politician and farmer serving as theU.S. representative forOklahoma's 3rd congressional district since 2003. A member of theRepublican Party, he previously represented the6th district from 1994 to 2003, prior to redistricting.

His district, which is massively rural, stretches from thePanhandle to the fringes of theTulsa suburbs, covering almost half of the state's land mass. Lucas became the dean ofOklahoma's congressional delegation in 2023 following the retirement of SenatorJim Inhofe.

Prior to his election to the United States House of Representatives, he represented the 59th district of theOklahoma House of Representatives from 1988 until his election to Congress in 1994.

Prior to his election, Lucas worked as a farmer and rancher. He has a Bachelor's of Science fromOklahoma State University.^[1]

Lucas first ran for theOklahoma House of Representatives 59th district in 1984 as aRepublican against the incumbentDemocrat,Rollin Reimer, but lost by about 2,000 votes.^[2] In 1986, he ran again in a three candidate Republican primary against Cecil E. Preston and Kyle Goerke.^[3] He was the Republican nominee, but narrowly lost toBert Russell by under 100 votes.^[4] In 1988, his campaign was supported by $2,500 donation fromHenry Bellmon.^[5] He defeated Russell in the November election with 56 percent of the vote.^[6] He represented the 59th district in the42nd Oklahoma Legislature from 1989 until the44th Legislature in 1994. He was succeeded in office byClay Pope.^[7]

On April 7, 2014, Lucas introduced theCustomer Protection and End User Relief Act (H.R. 4413; 113th Congress) into the House.^[8] The bill wouldreauthorize theCommodity Futures Trading Commission through 2018 and amend some provisions of theDodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.^[9][10]

On January 6, 2021, in the aftermath of theattack on the United States Capitol, Lucas joined 146 other Congressional Republicans in voting againstthe certification of the2020 presidential election.^[11]

In 2022, Lucas was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.^[12][13]

Lucas has chaired theHouse Science, Space, and Technology Committee since 2023.

After Republicans won the House majority in the 2022 elections, Lucas became chair of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, which has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development, including NASA, NSF, NIST, and the OSTP.^[14]

Lucas laid out an ambitious agenda for the committee: independence for theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal program to develop unmanned drones, advances in fusion energy, and research money for institutions other than those on the coasts.^[15]

For the119th Congress:^[16]

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology (Chairman)
  • Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Capital Markets
  • Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions

• Congressional Blockchain Caucus^[17]
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus^[18]
• Congressional Western Caucus^[19]
• United States–China Working Group^[20]

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In 1994, 6th district CongressmanGlenn English stepped down to become alobbyist forrural electric cooperatives. Lucas won the Republican nomination for the special election on May 10. He faced Dan Webber,press secretary toU.S. SenatorDavid L. Boren. The 6th was already by far the largest in the state, stretching from the Panhandle to the town ofSpencer, in the far northeasternOklahoma City metropolitan area. But the state legislature had redrawn it so that it included many poor Oklahoma City neighborhoods that had never voted Republican. Lucas scored a major upset, winning by eight percentage points and carrying 18 of the district's 24 counties. Some pundits have seen his victory as an early sign of theRepublican Revolution that November, when Republicans took control of the House for the first time in 40 years. Lucas won a full term in November with 70% of the vote. He has been reelected seven times, never with less than 59% of the vote, and was unopposed in 2002 and 2004.

Lucas's district was renumbered as the 3rd after Oklahoma lost a district in the 2000 Census. His already vast district was made even larger. He lost most of his share of Oklahoma City, which was home to 60% of the district's population. He once represented much of the downtown area, including the site of theAlfred P. Murrah Federal Building. He still represents the part of the city inCanadian County. To make up for this large population loss, the 3rd was pushed farther east, picking up several of Tulsa's western suburbs (including a small portion of Tulsa itself) and some rural areas. As a result, his district now includes 48.5% of the state's landmass, and is nearly as large as the state's other four districts combined.

In the 2014 Republican primary, Lucas won 83% of the vote. 12% went to Robert Hubbard and 5% to Timothy Ray Murray.^[21]

Lucas only drew Republican primary challengers in 2024. He defeated Robyn Lynn Carder and Darren Hamilton in the June primary with 74% of the vote.^[22]

* English resigned mid-term, and Lucas won the special election to succeed him against Democratic opponent Dan Webber.

Lucas is a fifth-generation Oklahoman; his family has farmed in western Oklahoma for over 100 years. He lives in Cheyenne with his wife, Lynda. They have three children and three grandchildren.^[24][25] In August 2023, Lucas underwent hip surgery after being injured on his ranch.^[26]

• Congressman Frank Lucas official U.S. House website
• Frank Lucas for Congress
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• Profile atVote Smart

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