# Kendal Sacchieri

Kendal Sacchieri is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2024-11-20
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a183515-ff32-4660-8e9c-1317f274a603

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a183515-ff32-4660-8e9c-1317f274a603 (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

Sacchieri sits at −0.04 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State Senate Republicans.

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

554 classified statements: 554 posts 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 | Sacchieri | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.3% | 168 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 10.1% | 9.5% | 126 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 30.0% | 37.3% | 231 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 2.3% | 181 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 11.0% | 15.4% | 199 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.3% | 165 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Taxation 23% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Transportation and Public Works 22% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 7.8% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 128 donors and 292 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.1% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 81% (90.2%). 405 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 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 nay · 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 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: 95 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 34.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 37 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1835: Eminent domain; establishing standards for proof of certain benefit; establishing requirements to calculate certain compensation; prohibiting certain waiver.… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1835/
- SB 2137: Motor vehicles; prohibiting certain entities from providing certain recommendations. Effective date. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2137/
- HB 2964: Medical records; access to medical records, copies, waiver of privilege, and exception for inmates when threat to safety or security of self or institution;… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB2964/
- SB 1231: Digital identification; providing that no person be denied certain services on certain basis. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1231/
- SB 2147: Ad valorem tax; assigning certain fair cash value for homestead of those displaced by turnpike construction. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2147/
- SB 1828: Ad valorem tax; providing exception to property included on tax rolls. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1828/
- SB 1971: Charter schools; adding requirements to charter school application; requiring annual oversight and performance review. Effective date. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1971/
- SB 1230: Driver licenses; requiring Service Oklahoma to verify lawful presence of certain applicants. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1230/
- SJR 44: Constitutional amendment; increasing voter threshold for levy of tax and issuance of debt. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR44/
- SB 1841: Children; removing certain condition for access to specified records by members of the Legislature. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1841/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2114742270641709126
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2114796355444994510
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2114335547678212332
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2114369800797356298
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2113966212572942500
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2113980018980438322
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2113980539195842694
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2113980867345309797
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2113981174767133043
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenSacchieri/status/2113981505269559415

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/kendal-sacchieri
- Campaign site: https://www.kendalforok.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenSacchieri
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KendalForOk

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a183515-ff32-4660-8e9c-1317f274a603