2020 Oklahoma Senate election

2020 Oklahoma Senate election
November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
24 seats from the Oklahoma Senate
25 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Greg Treat Kay Floyd
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 47th District 46th district
Seats before 39 9
Seats after 39 9
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 288,365[a] 139,506[b]
Percentage 66.19% 32.02%
Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
President Pro Tempore before election

Greg Treat
Republican

 Elected President Pro Tempore

Greg Treat
Republican

The 2020 Oklahoma Senate election was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Oklahoma voters elected state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.

Retirements

Two incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

  1. District 5: Joseph Silk: Retired
  2. District 35: Gary Stanislawski: Retired

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

Four Republicans lost renomination.

  1. District 3: Wayne Shaw lost renomination to Blake Stephens.
  2. District 7: Larry Boggs lost renomination to Warren Hamilton.
  3. District 17: Ron Sharp lost renomination to Shane Jett.
  4. District 43: Paul Scott lost renomination to Jessica Garvin.

In the general election

Democrats

  1. District 37: Allison Ikley-Freeman lost to Cody Rogers.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[1] Safe R October 21, 2020

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Oklahoma Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 23 288,365 66.19% 39 22 22 39 Steady
Democratic 13 139,506 32.02% 9 2 2 9 Steady
Libertarian 1 7,819 1.79% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 435,690 100.0% 48 24 24 48 Steady
Source: Oklahoma Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
 
 66.19%
Democratic
 
 32.02%
Libertarian
 
 1.79%
Senate seats
Republican
 
 91.67%
Democratic
 
 8.33%

Close races

District Winner Margin
District 35 Democratic (flip) 1.8%
District 39 Republican 9.6%
District 45 Republican 15.0%
District 9 Republican 16.2%

Summary of results by State Senate District

State Senate District[2] Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
Oklahoma 1 Micheal Bergstrom Rep Micheal Bergstrom Rep
Oklahoma 3 Wayne Shaw* Rep Blake Stephens Rep
Oklahoma 5 Joseph Silk Rep George Burns Rep
Oklahoma 7 Larry Boggs* Rep Warren Hamilton Rep
Oklahoma 9 Dewayne Pemberton Rep Dewayne Pemberton Rep
Oklahoma 11 Kevin Matthews Dem Kevin Matthews Dem
Oklahoma 13 Greg McCortney Rep Greg McCortney Rep
Oklahoma 15 Rob Standridge Rep Rob Standridge Rep
Oklahoma 17 Ron Sharp* Rep Shane Jett Rep
Oklahoma 19 Roland Pederson Rep Roland Pederson Rep
Oklahoma 21 Tom J. Dugger Rep Tom J. Dugger Rep
Oklahoma 23 Lonnie Paxton Rep Lonnie Paxton Rep
Oklahoma 25 Joe Newhouse Rep Joe Newhouse Rep
Oklahoma 27 Casey Murdock Rep Casey Murdock Rep
Oklahoma 29 Julie Daniels Rep Julie Daniels Rep
Oklahoma 31 Chris Kidd Rep Chris Kidd Rep
Oklahoma 33 Nathan Dahm Rep Nathan Dahm Rep
Oklahoma 35 Gary Stanislawski Rep Jo Anna Dossett Dem
Oklahoma 37 Allison Ikley-Freeman Dem Cody Rogers Rep
Oklahoma 39 David Rader Rep David Rader Rep
Oklahoma 41 Adam Pugh Rep Adam Pugh Rep
Oklahoma 43 Paul Scott* Rep Jessica Garvin Rep
Oklahoma 45 Paul Rosino Rep Paul Rosino Rep
Oklahoma 47 Greg Treat Rep Greg Treat Rep

Detailed results by State Senate District

District 1

Oklahoma 1st State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Micheal Bergstrom (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 3

Oklahoma 3rd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blake Stephens 22,988 79.5%
Democratic Dyllon Fite 5,929 20.5%
Total votes 28,917 100.0%
Republican hold

District 5

Oklahoma 5th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Burns 21,746 78.8%
Democratic Randy Coleman 5,855 21.2%
Total votes 27,601 100.0%
Republican hold

District 7

Oklahoma 7th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Warren Hamilton 18,062 74.8%
Democratic Jerry Donathan 6,085 25.2%
Total votes 24,147 100.0%
Republican hold

District 9

Oklahoma 9th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dewayne Pemberton (incumbent) 15,719 58.1%
Democratic Jack Reavis 11,333 41.9%
Total votes 27,052 100.0%
Republican hold

District 11

Oklahoma 11th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin Matthews (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Democratic hold

District 13

Oklahoma 13th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg McCortney (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 15

Oklahoma 15th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob Standridge (incumbent) 24,436 60.9%
Democratic Alex Scott 15,680 39.1%
Total votes 40,116 100.0%
Republican hold

District 17

Oklahoma 17th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shane Jett 25,395 76.5%
Libertarian Greg Sadler 7,819 23.5%
Total votes 33,214 100.0%
Republican hold

District 19

Oklahoma 19th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roland Pederson (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 21

Oklahoma 21st State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom J. Dugger (incumbent) 18,774 64.0%
Democratic Rick Dunham 10,577 36.0%
Total votes 29,351 100.0%
Republican hold

District 23

Oklahoma 23rd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lonnie Paxton (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 25

Oklahoma 25th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Newhouse (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 27

Oklahoma 27th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Casey Murdock (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 29

Oklahoma 29th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julie Daniels (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 31

Oklahoma 31st State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Kidd (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 33

Oklahoma 33rd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nathan Dahm (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 35

Oklahoma 35th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jo Anna Dossett 18,324 50.9%
Republican Cheryl Baber 17,677 49.1%
Total votes 36,001 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 37

Oklahoma 37th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cody Rogers 22,693 67.1%
Democratic Allison Ikley-Freeman (incumbent) 11,141 32.9%
Total votes 33,834 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

Oklahoma 39th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Rader (incumbent) 20,493 54.8%
Democratic Shawna Mott-Wright 16,889 45.2%
Total votes 37,382 100.0%
Republican hold

District 41

Oklahoma 41st State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adam Pugh (incumbent) — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

District 43

Oklahoma 43rd State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jessica Garvin 30,383 82.2%
Democratic Terri Reimer 6,588 17.8%
Total votes 36,971 100.0%
Republican hold

District 45

Oklahoma 45th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Rosino (incumbent) 23,352 67.2%
Democratic Jennifer Wilkinson 11,373 32.8%
Total votes 34,725 100.0%
Republican hold

District 47

Oklahoma 47th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Treat (incumbent) 26,647 57.5%
Democratic Andrea Stone 19,732 42.5%
Total votes 46,379 100.0%
Republican hold

Special elections

District 28

A special election for Oklahoma State Senate District 28 has been called for November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for June 30, 2020. The candidate filing deadline was April 10, 2020. The seat became vacant after Jason Smalley resigned his seat on January 31, 2020, to take a private-sector job with Motorola Solutions Corporation.[3]

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Zack Taylor 5,679 59.3%
Republican Mike Haines 3,197 33.4%
Republican Christian Ford 698 7.3%
Total votes 9,574 100.0%

General election

Oklahoma 28th State Senate District General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Zack Taylor — Uncontested
Total votes — —
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The general election was canceled in districts 1, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 41.
  2. ↑ The general election was canceled in district 11.

References

  1. ↑ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "OK Election Results". Oklahoma Secretary of State. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Oklahoma State Senate District 28". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
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