Jacob Lankford

Jacob Kane Lankford (born March 4, 1968) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Senator from the Midwest from 2013 to 2019 and from the South from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lankford served as the President pro tempore of the Senate from 2007 to 2009 and as the 48th Governor of Michigan between his terms in the Senate from 2011 to 2013.

Lankford was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2020 election.