
Jim Shaw
Republican | Oklahoma
Candidate Profile*
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jim Shaw
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Primary & Special SD17
Race
State Rep., Dist. 32
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
Putnam City High School, Oklahoma City, High School Diploma, 2002
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, B.S. Finance & Accounting minor, 2006
WORK & MILITARY
PakEnergy, LLC, EVP & GM - Land, 2022-2024
Land Information Services, LLC, President & COO, 2012-2022
Chesapeake Energy Corp, Supervisor - Land Admin, 2007-2012
AFFILIATIONS
First Baptist Church Wellston, Member, 2022-
Professional Petroleum Data Management, Former Oklahoma City Leadership Chair and Member, 2016-2020
Oklahoma City Association of Professional Lease and Title Analysts, Member, 2012-2022
Central Oklahoma Hockey Official's Association, Former Vice President, 2011-2012
Oklahoma State University Mentorship Program, Former Mentor, 2020-2020
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative - HD 32, 2024-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State Representative - HD 32, 2026-
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (1)
*Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association OK2A
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)
Awake Oklahoma
The Cavalry Group
Ladies For Liberty Oklahoma
Movement 32
Oil & Gas Workers Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Oklahoma Leadership Council (2025)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Aaron Means (2024)
OTHER INFORMATION
Candidate completed the OKGOP Survey in 2026.
The Save Oklahoma Plan was initiated by Rep. Jim Shaw.
Jim Shaw signed the Moms for Liberty Parent Pledge.
In 2026, Jim Shaw has an "A+" voting record from the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Never
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
We should allow the free market to determine wages. Government should not be involved.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
1. Require performance audits for all agencies, identifying fraud/waste/abuse, and enforce corrections through transparency, accountability and oversight. 2. Identify agencies and programs that do not provide core functions of government and eliminate entirely. 3. Create paths to reduce and eliminate income and property taxes, leveraging money saved/recaptured from eliminated agencies to offset/compensate for critical services.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The government has no right to intervene in church/religious matters. However, the church has every right to be involved in politics and to positively influence and affect our elected officials and political system.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
D) fully privatized healthcare within a true free and fair market.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Having positive relationships with any foreign entity is always important.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I'm a born-again-believer in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. I believe God's word is true, complete, perfect, inerrant.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Oil and natural gas are the most reliable energy sources. Coal and nuclear are other great sources. Industrial wind, solar and the overall "Green Energy Agenda" is a complete scam and are intermittent and unreliable sources.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
Blind justice where the scales are perfectly balanced. Not favoring one party over the other, and not having judges and attorneys who blatantly abuse the system for personal gain or the wrongful gain of others.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
I support disarming convicted violent offenders.
If you are not already receiving our emails, stay up to date with important election alerts, educational articles, and encouraging reminders.