# Mary Boren

Mary Boren is a Democratic member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0172970c-3434-470b-98c8-6f7f0b167afb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0172970c-3434-470b-98c8-6f7f0b167afb (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Boren sits at −0.17 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 199 donors and 827 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 88% (90.2%). 145 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 1360 Mathematics instruction; Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act; teacher training; creating the Office of Mathematics Improvement; Director;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1360/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SJR 52 Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR52/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Veto Override With Emergency · HB 3004 Professions and occupations; Board of Examiners in Optometry; sunset; effective date; emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3004/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1092 Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; approving certain proposed permanent rule changes; directing distribution. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1092/
- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · House Amendments · SB 2071 Agriculture; Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; clarifying jurisdictional authority of dairy inspection and grading programs. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2071/
- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · Suspend Rule · HJR 1077 Constitutional amendment; Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund; creating the For Oklahoma’s Future Trust Fund; purpose; providing fund principal;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1077/
- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · Fourth Reading · HB 3021 Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3021/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 2 Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2/
- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · Fourth Reading · SB 1618 Criminal procedure; creating the Public Protection Act; conditions of release; public safety reports. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1618/
- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · Third Reading · HJR 1099 Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; approving certain proposed permanent major rules; directing distribution. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1099/

## Legislation (OK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 97 bills: 97 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 20.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 43 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 21: Concurrent resolution: recognizing the OKC Spark professional softball team and their contributions to professional sports in Oklahoma; recognizing Oklahoma… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SCR21/
- SCR 17: Concurrent resolution; recognizing the long friendship between Oklahoma and Ireland; welcoming esteemed guests from Ireland; and commemorating the celebration… (passed both chambers, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SCR17/
- SCR 15: Concurrent resolution; recognizing February 24, 2026, as World Spay Day. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SCR15/
- SB 1312: Service Oklahoma; directing Service Oklahoma to establish an Automatic Vehicle Registration Pre-Payment Program. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1312/
- SB 2173: Agriculture; creating the Landowner Energy Negotiation, Agricultural Preservation, and Orphaned Well Mitigation Education Act of 2026. Effective date.… (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2173/
- HB 3390: Home and Community Based programs; Oklahoma Department of Human Services; rating system; inspection reports; substantiated complaints; administrator… (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3390/
- SB 1528: Energy; transferring duties and responsibilities from the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board to the Corporation Commission. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1528/
- SB 1313: Motor vehicles; clarifying certain provision; providing for certain traffic stop in certain circumstance. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1313/
- SB 1474: Oil and gas production; requiring the Corporation Commission to levy certain fees. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1474/
- SB 1471: Municipal powers; authorizing certain fee related to solid waste management systems. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1471/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/mary-b-boren
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorMaryBoren
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator_boren
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-brown-boren-96ba3897/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0172970c-3434-470b-98c8-6f7f0b167afb