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Josh Brecheen

U.S. House District 2

2026 Oklahoma U.S. House — District 2 — General Election Field · November 3, 2026

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Last reviewed September 16, 2026

Overview

Current race
2026 Oklahoma U.S. House — District 2 — General Election Field on November 3, 2026
Official candidacy
U.S. House District 2 · Republican · Incumbent
Identity match
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Oklahoma State Election Board — Candidates for Elective Office 2026

Candidate filing number: 00395

Ballot name: Josh Brecheen

Office: U.S. House, District 2

Party: Republican

Oklahoma State Election Board — Official Results — June 16, 2026 Primary Election

Official primary votes: 65906

Official primary percent: 79.2%

Current placement status: OFFICIAL_OKLAHOMA_CERTIFIED_PRIMARY_NOMINEE

Official and campaign contacts

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FEC committee ID: C00812974

FEC committee name: JOSH BRECHEEN FOR CONGRESS

Published email: [email protected]

Published website: https://www.joshbrecheen.com/

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Experience

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I’m not running for Congress, I’m running to reform Congress.

Source-published biography

I’m a 4th generation rancher. I’m a committed Christian, husband, father and I’ve operated a small heavy equipment and trucking business. I grew up learning the value of hard work while cleaning horse stalls, breaking colts, and hauling square bales. I served as state president of the Oklahoma FFA Association and graduated from OSU. I was fortunate to serve Sen. Tom Coburn as his Field Representative to Southeastern OK. My wife Kacie and I live with our four children on our ranch in southern Oklahoma.

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I’m a 4th generation rancher. I’m a committed Christian, husband, father and I’ve operated a small heavy equipment and trucking business. I grew up learning the value of hard work while cleaning horse stalls, breaking colts, and hauling square bales. I served as state president of the Oklahoma FFA Association and graduated from OSU. I was fortunate to serve Sen. Tom Coburn as his Field Representative to Southeastern OK. My wife Kacie and I live with our four children on our ranch in southern Oklahoma.

Positions and priorities

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Drain The Swamp – The federal government has evolved beyond anything the founders of our nation intended or even imagined. We must reduce Washington’s influence in our daily lives. The most effective way to do that is to pass term limits on Members of Congress.

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Drain The Swamp – The federal government has evolved beyond anything the founders of our nation intended or even imagined. We must reduce Washington’s influence in our daily lives. The most effective way to do that is to pass term limits on Members of Congress.

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Politics – The last thing we need to do is send another politician to Washington. We need statesmen who put the national interest above self interest. The most effective solution to eliminate corruption in Washington D.C. is to enact term limits. I honored my term limits pledge when I served in the State Senate and will do so again.

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Politics – The last thing we need to do is send another politician to Washington. We need statesmen who put the national interest above self interest. The most effective solution to eliminate corruption in Washington D.C. is to enact term limits. I honored my term limits pledge when I served in the State Senate and will do so again.

Immigration and border policy

Candidate position

Illegal Immigration – Under President Biden, over 9 million illegal immigrants have entered our country. Many are on watch lists because of crimes and terrorist connections in other countries. We must close the border except to those who come here through the legal process. This is an issue of national security.

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Illegal Immigration – Under President Biden, over 9 million illegal immigrants have entered our country. Many are on watch lists because of crimes and terrorist connections in other countries. We must close the border except to those who come here through the legal process. This is an issue of national security.

Economy, jobs, taxes, and affordability

Candidate position

Debt – I have requested $50.7 billion in cuts, introduced and cosponsored bills that would cut $310.8 billion, and have voted for amendments that would cut $35.7 billion from our current budget. Our national debt is currently over $33 trillion and rising. We must operate with fiscal responsibility.

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Debt – I have requested $50.7 billion in cuts, introduced and cosponsored bills that would cut $310.8 billion, and have voted for amendments that would cut $35.7 billion from our current budget. Our national debt is currently over $33 trillion and rising. We must operate with fiscal responsibility.

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Protect Life – Life begins at conception. All Americans, born and pre-born are created by God and deserve the protection afforded them by the Constitution. We must protect life.

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Protect Life – Life begins at conception. All Americans, born and pre-born are created by God and deserve the protection afforded them by the Constitution. We must protect life.

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

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Medicare – We must protect Social Security and Medicare solvency.

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Medicare – We must protect Social Security and Medicare solvency.

National security, foreign policy, and veterans

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National Security – The world is a very dangerous place and these are sobering times. America will remain free only if America is strong. We must provide for a strong national defense. It is not optional.

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National Security – The world is a very dangerous place and these are sobering times. America will remain free only if America is strong. We must provide for a strong national defense. It is not optional.

Public safety and justice

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Crime – The left’s foolish and misguided efforts to defund the police have resulted in skyrocketing crime rates and countless lives shattered by violent crimes. I support our local law enforcement. We must back the blue.

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Crime – The left’s foolish and misguided efforts to defund the police have resulted in skyrocketing crime rates and countless lives shattered by violent crimes. I support our local law enforcement. We must back the blue.

Gun policy and firearms

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Second Amendment – I strongly support our second amendment right to bear arms. If we lose the second amendment, then our first amendment rights will soon fall.

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Second Amendment – I strongly support our second amendment right to bear arms. If we lose the second amendment, then our first amendment rights will soon fall.

Enact Congressional Term Limits

Candidate position
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Enact term limits for members of Congress to reduce entrenched power and corruption.

  • Apply the same term-limit principle the candidate says he followed in the state Senate.
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End the Federal Role in Education

Candidate position
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End the federal role in education and recognize education as a parental responsibility.

  • Return education decisions away from Washington.
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Stop Runaway Federal Spending

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FactVote summary · Policy

Stop runaway federal spending as the candidate's stated remedy for inflation.

  • Avoid artificial fiscal expansion that reduces purchasing power.
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Advanced Federal Spending Cuts

Candidate’s account of past work
FactVote summary · Record / Past Action

Requested spending cuts, introduced or cosponsored bills proposing cuts, and voted for budget-cutting amendments.

  • Preserve the actions as a record rather than a promise.
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Operate the Federal Government With Fiscal Responsibility

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Operate the federal government with fiscal responsibility and reduce the national debt.

  • Scrutinize federal spending and borrowing.
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Close the Border Except to Lawful Immigration

Candidate position
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Close unauthorized border entry while preserving entry through the legal immigration process.

  • Treat border enforcement as a national-security matter.
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Protect Life Before and After Birth

Candidate position
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Protect unborn and born life through constitutional and federal policy.

  • Apply legal protection consistently to human life.
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Recognize Life as Beginning at Conception

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Recognize human life as beginning at conception.

  • Use that belief as the basis of the candidate's abortion position.
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Protect Social Security and Medicare Solvency

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Protect the long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare.

  • Preserve retirement and health benefits for eligible Americans.
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Maintain a Strong National Defense

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Provide for a strong national defense to protect American freedom.

  • Treat military readiness as a core federal responsibility.
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Support Local Law Enforcement

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Support local law-enforcement officers and oppose efforts to defund police departments.

  • Back local public-safety capacity.
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Defend the Right to Bear Arms

Candidate position
FactVote summary · Belief

Defend the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

  • Treat firearm ownership as a constitutional liberty.
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Public record

Complete current-service U.S. House floor record and selected highlights

1,886 captured official records

The searchable archive contains 1,886 exact attributed records from the official House Clerk (1311 yes, 499 no, 8 present, 48 not voting, and 20 other published choices). The examples below are representative highlights, not a scorecard.

Coverage: January 3, 2023 through July 23, 2026
Vote events
1,886
Unique measures
898
Final passage
600
Yes / No
1,311 / 499

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final passageVoted yes

Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

Passed

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on passage.

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Issue: H R 8884

Vote question: On Passage

Official description: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

Status: Passed

Brecheen | R | OK | Yea

July 23, 2026
resolutionVoted no

Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran

Passed

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting no in the official record for on agreeing to the resolution.

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Issue: H CON RES 89

Vote question: On Agreeing to the Resolution

Official description: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran

Status: Passed

Brecheen | R | OK | Nay

July 23, 2026
resolutionVoted yes

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036

Passed

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on agreeing to the resolution.

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Issue: H CON RES 113

Vote question: On Agreeing to the Resolution

Official description: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036

Status: Passed

Brecheen | R | OK | Yea

July 22, 2026
final passageVoted yes

Stop Insider Trading Act

Passed

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Issue: H R 7008

Vote question: On Passage

Official description: Stop Insider Trading Act

Status: Passed

Brecheen | R | OK | Yea

July 22, 2026
final passageVoted no

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Passed

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting no in the official record for on passage.

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Issue: H R 8800

Vote question: On Passage

Official description: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Status: Passed

Brecheen | R | OK | Nay

July 22, 2026
amendmentVoted yes

Grothman of Wisconsin Part A Amendment No. 316

Failed

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on agreeing to the amendment.

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Issue: H R 8800

Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Official description: Grothman of Wisconsin Part A Amendment No. 316

Amendment author: Grothman of Wisconsin Part A Amendment No. 316

Status: Failed

Brecheen | R | OK | Aye

July 22, 2026
amendmentVoted yes

Harrigan of North Carolina Part A Amendment No. 44

Agreed to

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on agreeing to the amendment.

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Issue: H R 8800

Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Official description: Harrigan of North Carolina Part A Amendment No. 44

Amendment author: Harrigan of North Carolina Part A Amendment No. 44

Status: Agreed to

Brecheen | R | OK | Aye

July 22, 2026
amendmentVoted no

Issa of California Part A Amendment No. 30

Failed

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Josh Brecheen is recorded as voting no in the official record for on agreeing to the amendment.

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Issue: H R 8800

Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Official description: Issa of California Part A Amendment No. 30

Amendment author: Issa of California Part A Amendment No. 30

Status: Failed

Brecheen | R | OK | No

July 22, 2026

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Campaign finance

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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

Total receipts
$218,893.55
Total disbursements
$213,525.91
Cash on hand
$76,063.52
Committee debt
$0.00
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Candidate ID: H2OK02315

Name: BRECHEEN, JOSH

Office: House

State: OK

District: 02

Party: REPUBLICAN PARTY

Coverage start: 2025-01-01

Coverage end: 2026-06-30

Total receipts: $218893.55

Total disbursements: $213525.91

Cash on hand: $76063.52

Debts owed by committee: $0.00

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    2026 Oklahoma election record — Josh Brecheen

    Oklahoma State Election Board

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  2. GOVERNMENT_ELECTION_RESULT

    2026 Oklahoma certified primary result — Josh Brecheen

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  3. Candidate-owned primary source

    Josh Brecheen — candidate-owned primary source 2

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    Josh Brecheen — candidate-owned primary source 4

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  5. Public-record identity source

    Josh Brecheen — official House service identity

    Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

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  6. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-283

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  7. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-282

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  8. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-281

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  9. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-280

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  10. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-278

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  11. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-276

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  12. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-275

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  13. Government public record

    Josh Brecheen — U.S. House roll call 2026-274

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  14. Official campaign contact filing

    JOSH BRECHEEN FOR CONGRESS — current FEC Statement of Organization

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  15. Campaign-finance record

    Josh Brecheen — official FEC candidate totals

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