# Rusty Cornwell

Rusty Cornwell is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 6
- Serving since: 2018-11-16
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/818eac04-d5b7-49be-b740-84a8432cf5b3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/818eac04-d5b7-49be-b740-84a8432cf5b3 (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

Cornwell has served since 2018.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 109 donors and 704 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 92.6% (88%). 111 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · Fourth Reading · SB 2 Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction;… · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Veto Override Without Emer. · SB 1589 Crimes and punishments; modifying scope of certain offense related to gambling. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1589/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · HB 1370 Motor Fuel Tax Code; repealer; reduction in federal excise tax on gasoline or diesel fuel; emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB1370/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 893 Property and critical infrastructure; creating the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2025. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB893/
- 2026-05-07 · voted nay · Reconsider Measure · SB 1209 Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1209/
- 2026-05-07 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 1884 School employees; modifying the access statewide professional educators' associations have to school employees; allowing termination of certain… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1884/
- 2026-05-07 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 514 Schools; student eligibility; virtual charter school students; Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) activities; policies. Effective… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB514/
- 2026-05-07 · voted nay · Third Reading · SB 2143 Ad valorem tax; authorizing use of digital visual technology for inspection of real property. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2143/
- 2026-05-07 · voted yea · Third Reading · SJR 53 Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR53/
- 2026-05-07 · voted nay · Third Reading · SB 1209 Forcible entry and detainer; modifying time period for certain trial. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1209/

## Legislation (OK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 52.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 32 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3145: Game and fish; tagging of wildlife; exempting fee for tags of certain animals; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3145/
- SB 1613: Liquefied petroleum gas; modifying provisions related to the State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator and the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board.… (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1613/
- HB 3143: Medical marijuana; modifying dates for moratorium; providing restrictions when transferring ownership of medical marijuana business; effective date. (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3143/
- SB 2171: Wildlife; updating statutory language; authorizing velvet buck controlled hunt. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2171/
- HB 3146: Game and fish; Oklahoma Game and Fish Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3146/
- HB 3144: Medical marijuana; directing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to limit the number of licenses it issues; repealer; effective date. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3144/
- HB 3142: Liquified petroleum gas; authorizing certain investigations; requiring certain notifications; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3142/
- HB 1158: Game and fish; Oklahoma Wildlife Act of 2025; effective date. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB1158/
- HB 1157: Liquified petroleum gas; removing certain appointed position; modifying statutory references; effective date. (passed both chambers, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB1157/
- HB 1158: Game and fish; Oklahoma Wildlife Act of 2025; effective date. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2025/HB1158/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/rusty-cornwell
- Campaign site: https://rustycornwell.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rep-Rusty-Cornwell/100090643851057/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/818eac04-d5b7-49be-b740-84a8432cf5b3