Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)

Frank Lucas
Chair of the House Science Committee
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byEddie Bernice Johnson
Ranking Member of the House Science Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byEddie Bernice Johnson
Succeeded byZoe Lofgren
Chair of the House Agriculture Committee
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byCollin Peterson
Succeeded byMike Conaway
Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded byBob Goodlatte
Succeeded byCollin Peterson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma
Assumed office
May 10, 1994
Preceded byGlenn English
Constituency6th district (1994–2003)
3rd district (2003–present)
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
from the 59th district
In office
January 3, 1989 – May 10, 1994
Preceded byBert Russell
Succeeded byClay Pope
Personal details
Born
Frank Dean Lucas

(1960-01-06) January 6, 1960 (age 64)
Cheyenne, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Lynda Bradshaw
(m. 1988)
Children3
EducationOklahoma State University–Stillwater (BS)
WebsiteHouse website

Frank Dean Lucas (born January 6, 1960) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district since 2003, having previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Lucas has chaired the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology since 2023. His district, numbered as the 6th from 1994 to 2003, is Oklahoma's largest congressional district and one of the largest in the nation that does not cover an entire state. It covers 34,088.49 square miles and stretches from the Panhandle to the fringes of the Tulsa suburbs, covering almost half of the state's land mass. Lucas is the dean of Oklahoma's congressional delegation.


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