# Dave Rader

Dave Rader is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3714523f-ea6d-4bd5-a801-1397dd508208

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3714523f-ea6d-4bd5-a801-1397dd508208 (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

51% of Rader’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oklahoma, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.65 (standard error 0.03), from 243 donors and 878 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 91.3% (90.2%). 50 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 206 bills: 206 reached committee, 106 passed one chamber, 67 passed both, 41 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 21 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1468: Firearms; modifying elements of certain offenses. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1468/
- HB 4333: Commissioners of the Land Office; updating the Commissioners of the Land Office Modernization Act; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4333/
- HB 4145: Revenue and taxation; ad valorem taxation; homestead exemption amount; effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4145/
- HB 4273: Income tax; definition; employees; aerospace; higher education; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4273/
- SB 1400: Sales tax exemption; combining certain exemptions for aircraft maintenance, manufacturing, and parts. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1400/
- SB 1392: Income tax credit; modifying credit amount for qualified employee in aerospace sector. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1392/
- HB 3176: State development; Oklahoma Gas, Artificial Intelligence, and Space Research Hub; National Laboratory; Oklahoma Department of Commerce; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3176/
- SB 1417: Child abuse; modifying scope of certain offenses and penalties. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1417/
- HB 3907: Vulnerable juveniles and adults; terms; Office of Juvenile Affairs; county juvenile detention centers; Department of Human Services; temporary staff members;… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3907/
- HJR 1081: Oklahoma Constitution; ad valorem; senior fair cash value limit; ballot title; filing. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1081/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 51% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/dave-rader
- Campaign site: https://daveforsenate.com/, http://www.daverader.com/about
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaveForSenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=27429837
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-rader-0b944829/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3714523f-ea6d-4bd5-a801-1397dd508208