James Lankford Quotes

I am honored to be here as co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign.

If you can’t run against a political candidate, run against his campaign manager.

We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.

Trump was doing very well on a model that made sense, but now, as the campaign has gotten to the end stages, a more traditional campaign has to take place.

The simplest answer is the truth: I am a campaign professional.

I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

I think Romney's talking himself out of the election, to be honest. I was wondering what was gonna happen when the Republican power structure turned the money on, and then they turned on the money and nothing happened.

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

Today, campaigning isn't an 'interruption' but a permanent condition. Indeed, if you are a successful campaigner, it's expected you'll be a successful president.

Carly Fiorina has campaigned hard in New Hampshire to earn support from voters.

Donald Trump is running this campaign. And I'm working directly for Donald Trump.

I still say save your money, don't waste your money or time running against Donald Trump in 2020 because you're not going to beat him.

When I met Paul Ryan 22 years ago, he was a student at Miami of Ohio volunteering on my campaign.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

In fact, I really didn't get enthused about his Secretary of State race until I attended a couple of his rallies and found out there were a bunch of young folks that there were a bunch of young folks that he had been able to recruit on his own.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote.

I ran for Congress, just once.

As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection.