Oklahoma Elections

Oklahoma Elections 2020

As the 2020 Oklahoma elections unfold, bookmark this page for quick access to NonDoc’s coverage of important Oklahoma races and other election information.

Check the Oklahoma Voter Portal to make sure you know of upcoming elections, such as the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election. (Results from Oklahoma’s runoff primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 25, can be found here.)

2020 Election Coverage

Straight-party voting is going strong in Oklahoma

Archiebald Browne - Friday, November 20, 2020

In the Nov. 3 election, 710,379 Oklahomans marked a box indicating their preference for straight-party voting in every race on their ballot without having to...

Oklahoma’s 2020 election went smoothly for most

Matt Patterson - Tuesday, November 17, 2020

With states like Georgia undergoing a recount and several more battleground states having not yet certified their election results, things were typically quiet when...

Oklahoma Senate elections: Dems gain one, lose one

Kayla Dunn - Wednesday, November 4, 2020

You win one, you lose one. Jo Anna Dossett was the only Democratic candidate to prevail in an Oklahoma State Senate race Tuesday, narrowly defeating...

Republicans add 5 to Oklahoma House roster

Wendy Weitzel - Wednesday, November 4, 2020

The last rural Democrat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives lost his reelection race on Tuesday night. Rep. Matt Meredith (D–Tahlequah), who has served House...

Stephanie Bice defeats Kendra Horn in CD 5 battle

Matt Patterson - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

State Sen. Stephanie Bice (R-OKC) battled through a runoff and a brutal general election campaign to narrowly defeat incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn...

Tommie Johnson elected Oklahoma County sheriff

Tres Savage - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Despite being criticized by his opponent for having worked fewer years in the law enforcement profession, Republican Tommie Johnson III defeated Democrat Wayland Cubit...

Brian Maughan re-elected Oklahoma County commissioner

Tres Savage - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Incumbent Republican Brian Maughan has been re-elected to the Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners representing District 2, which covers roughly the southern third of...

State Question 814: Voters reject TSET change to fund Medicaid expansion

Andrea DenHoed - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Oklahomans have voted to reject State Question 814, which would have amended the Oklahoma Constitution to redirect annually received funds that currently go to...

SQ 805: Criminal justice reform proposal rejected

Megan Prather - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

With more than 90 percent of state precincts reporting, State Question 805 has been rejected by Oklahoma voters today with 60.9 percent of voters...

Oklahomas re-elect Jim Inhofe to U.S. Senate

Andrea DenHoed - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Voters have chosen to re-elect Jim Inhofe to the United States Senate for his fifth term. Inhofe held approximately 65 percent of the vote...

HD28: Former Democrat hopes to reclaim seat as a Republican

Archiebald Browne - Monday, November 2, 2020

Danny Williams represented House District 28 from 1988 until 1994, when he left to run for governor. He also ran for the State Senate...

SD 37: Cody Rogers faces lawsuit, Allison Ikely-Freeman recovers from car...

Kayla Dunn - Monday, November 2, 2020

In Tulsa's Senate District 37, Republican candidate Cody Rogers is in the midst of a libel and civil conspiracy lawsuit, and Democratic incumbent Sen....

HD 4: ‘Number one target’ Matt Meredith in Bob Ed Culver’s...

Tres Savage - Sunday, November 1, 2020

While Bob Ed Culver Jr. was living in the Texas panhandle, his father was representing Tahlequah and Cherokee County as a Democrat from HD...

SD 7 candidates have differing views of the State Senate’s role

Wendy Weitzel - Sunday, November 1, 2020

The candidates for Oklahoma Senate District 7 were scheduled to appear at a forum Thursday, Oct. 15, but then came a disagreement about face...

Close CD 5 race feeds off negative energy

Jessie Christopher Smith - Saturday, October 31, 2020

WASHINGTON — The financial windfall for Oklahoma City television stations is about to end as the election for Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District finally comes...