# Chad Caldwell

Chad Caldwell is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma House, district 40
- Serving since: 2014-11-19
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c5909558-d02d-438e-9c0c-50eb8c88f862

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5909558-d02d-438e-9c0c-50eb8c88f862 (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

Caldwell missed 28% of 1,932 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Oklahoma House (average 90.1%).

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

33 classified statements: 33 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Caldwell | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.9% | 232 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 21.2% | 9.3% | 94 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 63.6% | 31.9% | 42 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.1% | 12.7% | 524 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 81% (State House Republicans 15%); Emergency Management 9.5% (State House Republicans 2.8%); Health 9.5% (State House Republicans 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 4.8% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 4.8% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.03), from 46 donors and 480 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,932 roll calls. Attendance 72% (Oklahoma House 90.1%). Party unity 94.3% (88%). 93 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 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;… · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2/
- 2026-05-14 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 96 bills: 96 reached committee, 48 passed one chamber, 37 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 0. 59.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma House 44.5%; rank 22 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3715: Schools; prohibiting student use of personal electronic devices; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3715/
- SB 1489: Students; directing compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; requiring publication of certain information. Effective date. Emergency. (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1489/
- HB 3709: Higher education; state educational institutions; general maintenance fund for buildings; new construction; State Regents for Higher Education;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3709/
- SB 1443: Health benefit plans; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining payments for services. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1443/
- HB 3713: Schools; school district budgets; instructional expenditures; extracurricular activities; noncompliance; definition; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3713/
- HB 3706: Education; requiring a minimum amount of math instruction per day and week for kindergarten through fifth grade students; requiring math instruction to… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3706/
- SB 1338: Education; creating the Education Impact and Innovation Revolving Fund; providing for competitive grants pool; providing for use of grants. Effective date. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1338/
- HB 3701: Higher education; requiring all academic programs be reviewed on a five-year cycle for quality and currency; review; low-producing programs; emergency. (became law, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3701/
- HB 3702: Schools; increasing length of school year; references; effective date; emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3702/
- HB 3717: Education; Oklahoma Education Reform Act of 2026; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3717/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,082 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2098003795108102452
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2069539140203315462
- 2026-05-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2052138826827551195
- 2026-04-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2047661674081988735
- 2026-04-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2043014348310741293
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2037041766952558692
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2029583720504500627
- 2026-01-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/2008698175259885859
- 2025-11-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/1989150212502470777
- 2025-11-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/chad4ok/status/1988987628205601145

## Links

- Official site: https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/chad-caldwell
- X: https://x.com/chad4ok
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-caldwell-12153718/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5909558-d02d-438e-9c0c-50eb8c88f862