Josh Brecheen

Background and career

Joshua Chad Brecheen (, brə-KEEN, born June 19, 1979) is a Native American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 2010 to 2018. He is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation.

Education

Career before Congress

Citizenship

citizen by birth in the United States.

Religion

Protestant unspecified (self-reported in Pew survey of Congress)

Name history and family

Birth name: Joshua Chad Brecheen · Counts reflect publicly documented information; a missing count means not documented, not zero.

Marital status: Not listed

Previously held offices

• member of the Oklahoma Senate (2010–2018)

Campaign fundraising

Raised $335,485 in the 2024 cycle and $218,894 so far in the 2026 cycle (partial).

Top individual donors, 2024

112 other donors gave a total of $91,641.

Top individual donors, 2026 (partial)

62 other donors gave a total of $37,757.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2024

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2026 (partial)

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

Outside money

2024

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

Leadership PAC: BLESSING OF LIBERTY. No donors met the reporting thresholds.

2026 (partial)

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

Leadership PAC: BLESSING OF LIBERTY. No donors met the reporting thresholds.

Independent expenditures are reported to the FEC by the spending committee, not the member's campaign. A committee is marked single-candidate when 80% or more of its cycle independent-expenditure dollars concern one candidate. Donors are named only at $50,000 or more to a super PAC or joint fundraising committee. For leadership PACs, individuals are named at $50,000 or more; organizations and PACs at $5,000 or more. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Amounts are each donor's net total of itemized contributions across the cycle (primary, general, and runoff elections combined), after subtracting refunds, not single gifts. Receipts marked as received in error, returned, or refunded are excluded, and refunds to the donor are subtracted. Joint-fundraising shares are included: the member committee's itemized share of joint-fundraising proceeds (FEC transaction type 15J) counts toward the donor's total, while the joint fundraising committee's own transfers are not counted separately. Donors are named only when their net cycle total is $1,000 or more; smaller donors appear only in the aggregate count and total below each table. Where a returned receipt of $10,000 or more affects a total, it is noted below the table. Lists cover itemized individual gifts to the member's principal campaign committee only. Employer and occupation are self-reported. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Donor figures are net of refunds from the FEC individual-contribution bulk files (2024 and 2026 cycles, each itemization taken at its latest amended version before any exclusion), rebuilt and reconciled row by row against the previous release on 2026-10-02; see methodology for the method and the reconciliation counts.

Money and finances

Estimated net worth

$115,002 to $300,000 (Annual Report for CY 2025 (filed 05/13/2026)). Earliest on record (2025): $115,002 to $300,000. disclosure

Estimates are summed from ranges reported on financial disclosures, so they are approximate. Ranges are wide by design.

Stock trades (last 12 months)

Trade data not retrieved for this member.

Top assets

Disclosed real estate

Primary residences are generally exempt from congressional financial disclosure and do not appear here.

Influence in Congress

Legislative effectiveness

0.64 on the 118th Legislative Effectiveness Score (House). thelawmakers.org

Bipartisanship

Lugar Bipartisan Index: -2.00, ranked #430 (118th (first session, 2023)) Lugar Center

Ideology

DW-NOMINATE first dimension: 0.841 (conservative end of the scale), chamber rank #434 of the 119th Congress. Voteview

Interest group ratings

Bills enacted

0 sponsored bills enacted into law in the 119th Congress.

2026 election

District lean

Cook Partisan Voting Index (2025): R+28. Last election margin: 52.74 points (2024). Cook PVI

2026 election

No notable challenger declared.

Notable family

No notable relatives found under this methodology.

Voting record (2026)

314 roll-call votes in 2026 · missed 4.1% · party unity 81.7

Legislation

Sponsored 12 bills and cosponsored 223 bills in the 119th Congress.

Latest statements

• Congressman Brecheen Announces August Town Halls August 3, 2026
  Oklahoma - Congressman Brecheen announced his updated August town hall schedule which includes stops in 15 different cities.
• Congressman Josh Brecheen Introduces the Expedited Transparency Act March 18, 2026
  Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Brecheen introduced the Expedited Transparency Act to require faster reporting on where taxpayer dollars are being spent. This legislation amends the Federal
• Congressman Josh Brecheen's 2025 Highlights December 29, 2025
  Washington, DC - As we reach the conclusion of Congressman Brecheen's third year in office, here's a recap of the top highlights from the year, including top bills introduced such as the Healthy SNAP
• Congressman Josh Brecheen Announces Service Academy Nominees November 13, 2025
  Today, Congressman Josh Brecheen announced the students from Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District who have been nominated to the United States Service Academies.
• Congressman Brecheen's Statement on Reopening the Government November 12, 2025
  Washington - Today, Congressman Brecheen released the following statement regarding his vote to reopen the government: Today, I voted to end the Schumer Shutdown and reopen the government.

Latest official press releases and statements from the member's official site. This section requires periodic refresh; always check the source site for the newest items.

Social following

Office total: 24K · Personal total: no counts retrieved · Combined: 24K

Collected 2026-09-29. Office accounts are the member's official congressional accounts; personal accounts are their own campaign/personal accounts. Totals sum only accounts with a retrieved count and are never zero-filled. X counts are approximate (logged-out page variance). A missing account means none was verified, not that none exists.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

• Freedom Caucus
• Republican Study Committee

Only documented caucus memberships are listed; memberships are never inferred.

Staff

Chief of staff

Jonathan T. Jones · (202) 225-2701

Communications director

Katherine G. Bryan · (202) 225-2701

Staff data from House and Senate payroll filings; roles can change and filings can lag.

Offices

Washington, D.C. office

351 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2701

District/state offices

Connections

Connections are derived from documented public records: family ties, shared schools, shared employers, fraternities and sororities, and staff career histories. Committee ties are excluded here and shown on committee pages.

Official links

Official website · Wikipedia