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U.S. House, District 5: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
JENA NELSON

JENA NELSON

Running for U.S. House · Oklahoma District 5

NationalDemocrat

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STEPHANIE BICE

STEPHANIE BICE

U.S. House · Oklahoma District 5

NationalRepublican

JENA NELSONCandidateSTEPHANIE BICECurrent rep

Job fit

JENA NELSON

Other work

  • small business owner 1
  • Prior to her work in the nonprofit and corporate realms, Jena was an educator for more than 16 years, winning Oklahoma Teacher of the Year in 2020. 1
  • most recently served as acting Executive Director and Director of Programs for the Oklahoma Faith Network. 1

STEPHANIE BICE

Offices held

  • Prior to her congressional service, Bice served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 2014 to 2020. 2

Other work

  • later helped lead a boutique digital marketing agency in Oklahoma City as Vice President of Business Development. 3
  • she ran her own marketing company 3

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

JENA NELSON

  • Health care costs
    Expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices, cap insulin costs for Oklahoma families, and strengthen anti-fraud measures without cutting benefits. 4
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Raise the minimum wage to $17/hour, expand the Child Tax Credit, and crack down on corporate greed with stronger antitrust enforcement and windfall profit taxes. 4
  • Immigration
    National security requires Congress to provide more border agents, drones and inspection sensors to stop drug trafficking and illegal border crossings. 4

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety, Climate & energy

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STEPHANIE BICE

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

JENA NELSON

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

STEPHANIE BICE

  • Clean water and pipes that work → Federal money for water and stricter standards (10 of 10 votes) 5
  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 5
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 5

Who pays them

JENA NELSON

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorslabor unions
small donors$174Klarge donors$266Klabor unions$3K$443K raised
$174,1556Small individual donors
$265,6076Large individual donors

STEPHANIE BICE

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$42Klarge donors$412Kcompanies$534Kindustryassociations$255Kmembershiporganizations$71KOther kinds ofdonors$128K$1.5M raised
$41,6027Small individual donors
$412,3427Large individual donors

Checks

JENA NELSON

No voting record to check yet

STEPHANIE BICE

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1 since 2021. 8

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Meet Jena | Jena Nelson for Congress · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  2. About | Representative Stephanie Bice · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  3. About Stephanie - Stephanie Bice for Congress · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  4. jenanelson.com used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  8. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2021-08-06 used in: Checks
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Candidate A

AUSTIN NIEVES

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: U.S. Senate and House Races · checked 2026-10-19

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STEPHANIE BICE
Candidate B

STEPHANIE BICE

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $1.5M raised, 28% from large donors, 66% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $973,750.00 (66% of $1,485,084.57 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $987,750.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1 since 2021.

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 Background: About | Representative Stephanie Bice · checked 2026-10-14

2 Background: About Stephanie - Stephanie Bice for Congress · checked 2026-10-14

3 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

4 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2021-08-06

5 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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ROBERT P. HENRI
Candidate C

ROBERT P. HENRI

Independent

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $6K raised, large-donor share unavailable, organized-interest share unavailable.

Sources

1 Background: Independent candidates hope to shake up status quo, give Oklahoma voters alternative option · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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JENA NELSON
Candidate D

JENA NELSON

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $443K raised, 60% from large donors, 1% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $3,500.00 (1% of $443,261.87 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $2,500.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Jena | Jena Nelson for Congress · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

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