Oklahoma — 3rd District

Suzie Byrd

Supports universal single-payer healthcare

Byrd advocates for a universal healthcare system, arguing that profit-driven healthcare has rendered medical care unaffordable and led to widespread bankruptcies and uninsured deaths. She believes that transitioning away from healthcare-for-profit would save billions of dollars annually and ensure medical coverage for all Americans.

• Advocates for universal healthcare to eliminate profit-driven medical systems.
• Cites studies indicating universal care could save billions of dollars annually.
• Highlights medical bankruptcies and uninsured fatalities as key reasons for systemic reform.

“I am for universal healthcare. Healthcare for profit has ruined our healthcare and made it unaffordable.”

Frank Lucas

Supports market reforms and rural care

Lucas supports healthcare reforms that lower costs, maintain coverage choices, and expand access to care without government overreach. He places a specific emphasis on saving rural hospitals in Oklahoma and ensuring easy access to healthcare for veterans.

• Supports healthcare reform aimed at lowering costs and maintaining options for patients.
• Pledges to protect and save rural hospitals across Western Oklahoma.
• Advocates for streamlined, easy access to federal healthcare benefits for veterans.

“We need real health care reform in this country that lowers costs, maintains options, reduces the uninsured population, and expand access.”

Suzie Byrd

Opposes supply-side economics and tax cuts

Byrd opposes supply-side economics and corporate tax relief, calling for wealthy individuals and corporations to pay their fair share. She supports breaking up corporate monopolies, restricting extreme executive compensation ratios, and enacting economic policies that direct wealth back to working laborers.

• Opposes supply-side economics and tax breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations.
• Calls for breaking up and regulating monopolies, particularly those controlling the food market.
• Advocates shifting financial compensation toward laborers to address wealth inequality.

“No more supply side economics and tax cuts for the rich. The wealthy need to pay their fair share and we need to make our tax code fair.”

Frank Lucas

Supports low taxes and spending cuts

Lucas promotes low taxes, deregulation, and reduced federal spending to foster small business growth and curb the national debt. He voted for the 119th Congress reconciliation bill (H.R. 1), signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and consistently advocates for reducing federal regulatory burdens.

• Voted Yea on the 2025 reconciliation act (H.R. 1) to address tax policy and statutory debt limits.
• Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
• Advocates reducing federal debt exceeding $22 trillion by cutting spending and shrinking federal regulations.

“Oklahoma's economy is strongest when taxes are low, businesses are able to thrive, and government gets out of the way.”

“Washington has a spending problem. Our national debt is now more than $22 trillion and it's growing each and every day.”

Suzie Byrd

Supports regulating food monopolies and farmland protection

Byrd emphasizes protecting Oklahoma's agricultural lands from environmental contamination and financial exploitation. She advocates for breaking up corporate monopolies in the agricultural and food industries to restore fair competition for local farmers.

• Calls for breaking up and regulating corporate monopolies controlling the food supply.
• Emphasizes her background reporting on the abuse and contamination of farmland.
• Supports economic measures that protect local agriculture and ensure fair market access.

“We also need to have a fair market by breaking up and regulating our monopolies, especially those who control our food.”

Frank Lucas

Supports family farms and rural infrastructure

As a fifth-generation farmer and senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, Lucas focuses on supporting Oklahoma's 28,000 family farms. He advocates for expanded rural broadband, preserving rural healthcare facilities, and opening international markets through free and fair trade.

• Chairs the Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
• Promotes expansion of rural broadband access and protections for rural hospitals.
• Advocates for international trade agreements that benefit Oklahoma farm exports.

“As a fifth-generation Oklahoman living on the family farm as a cattle rancher and wheat farmer, Frank knows just how important it is to support the communities that clothe and feed billions around the world.”

Suzie Byrd

Supports strict AI and data regulation

Byrd expresses deep concern regarding the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and data centers, calling for strict public policy and regulation to protect natural resources, labor markets, and national security.

• Calls for strict federal regulation of artificial intelligence and data center development.
• Warns against resource consumption and impacts on workforce stability.
• Urges policymakers to prioritize human safety and the common good over technological expansion.

“We need to work for the common good and safeguard mankind rather than sellout to technology than impacts everything from work to war.”

Frank Lucas

Supports digital asset frameworks

Lucas voted in favor of creating federal regulatory guidelines for payment stablecoins and digital assets through the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) during the 119th Congress.

• Voted Yea on the GENIUS Act (S. 1582) to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
• Served as Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

Frank Lucas

Supports strict border enforcement and legal reform

Lucas supports stringent enforcement of immigration laws and enhanced resources for Southern border security. His legislative record includes votes for mandatory detention for illegal immigrants arrested for theft (Laken Riley Act), deportation for foreign nationals committing DUIs, and documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration (SAVE Act).

• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) to mandate detention for noncitizens arrested for burglary or theft.
• Voted Yea on the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act (H.R. 875) to make DUI offenses grounds for deportation.
• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring proof of citizenship to register for federal elections.
• Supports modernizing legal agricultural worker programs to streamline the agricultural workforce.

“Frank supports President Trump and believes we must do more to secure the Southern border and provide more resources to our law enforcement and border patrol officials to keep our communities safe.”

“President Trump will stop illegal immigration, end runaway inflation and roll back Joe Biden's disastrous, ideological assault”

Suzie Byrd

Supports livable wages and housing programs

Byrd makes affordable housing and a livable wage central to her campaign, proposing programs to assist first-time homebuyers and encourage innovative housing models. She believes workers should be able to support themselves on a single full-time job without needing multiple employment sources.

• Proposes federal assistance programs for first-time homebuyers and new housing models.
• Advocates for livable wage standards to eliminate the need for working second or third jobs.
• Cites her personal experience building a barn house as motivation for housing reform.

“At the end of a work week, a person should be able to go to their own home and enjoy themselves instead of having to work a second or even a third job.”

Frank Lucas

Opposes abortion and transgender athletic participation

Lucas maintains a strict anti-abortion stance grounded in the Declaration of Independence's right to life. In Congress, he supported legislation prohibiting biological males from participating in women's athletic programs.

• Supports federal legislation protecting unborn children.
• Voted Yea on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28) to restrict transgender participation in female sports programs.

“Frank believes every life is worth protecting- including the life of an unborn child.”

Frank Lucas

Opposes gun control restrictions

Lucas strongly defends the Second Amendment, arguing that the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms must remain uninfringed by federal regulations.

• Opposes restrictions on firearm ownership for law-abiding citizens.
• Pledges to protect constitutional gun rights against federal legislation.

“Frank believes protecting the ability of law-abiding citizens to bear arms is a fundamental right.”