# Darcy Jech

Darcy Jech is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7143be5e-df9e-40ad-8591-dd4c9ea51261

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7143be5e-df9e-40ad-8591-dd4c9ea51261 (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

Jech reported $4,075 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## What Jech says (OK 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Jech | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 195 donors and 874 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 94.1% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 90.5% (90.2%). 58 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 86 bills: 86 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 38 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 0. 74.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 16 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1429: Schools; allowing public school foundations to expend funds for certain purposes. Effective date. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1429/
- SB 1410: Agriculture; requiring operation of an Ag in the Classroom Education Program; requiring development of curriculum for K-12 programs. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1410/
- SB 1372: Probation; permitting certain offenders to receive completion and education credits under certain circumstances. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1372/
- SB 1871: Social media; requiring certain age verification; mandating the segregation of certain user data; requiring certain parental consent. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1871/
- SB 1509: Groundwater use; modifying provisions related to spacing of wells. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1509/
- SB 1255: Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1255/
- SB 1224: Pardons and paroles; authorizing electronic notification to victims and victim representatives. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1224/
- HB 4457: Pharmacy benefits managers; terms; prohibiting pharmacy benefits managers from doing certain act; enforcement by Attorney General; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4457/
- SB 1708: Child custody; creating a rebuttable presumption of joint child custody; creating a rebuttable presumption of sole custody if a parent is subject to certain… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1708/
- HB 4344: Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; permitting reduction in allocations for payment of annual obligations; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4344/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,075 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-03-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/jech_darcy/status/1901030370155405341

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/darcy-jech
- X: https://x.com/jech_darcy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDarcyJech/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7143be5e-df9e-40ad-8591-dd4c9ea51261