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The 2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held June 28.2016-Election Results https://oklahoma.gov/elections/elections-results/election-results/2016-election-results.html 2024-06-12 Oklahoma State Election Board (0270) en
Incumbent Republican Senator James Lankford won re-election to a full term in office by a landslide margin of 43%, sweeping every county statewide in the Republican stronghold.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
James Lankford, incumbent senatorhttp://atr.rollcall.com/senate-races-2016-retirement-guide Senators Confirm Re-Election Bids for 2016 Roll Call January 28, 2015 January 29, 2015 Emily Cahn Alexis Levinson https://web.archive.org/web/20150129222855/http://atr.rollcall.com/senate-races-2016-retirement-guide/ January 29, 2015 dead
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Mike Workman, political consultant and nominee for Labor Commissioner in 2014
Withdrew
Steve Perry, attorney and nominee for OK-05 in 2008http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/candidates-file-challenges-while-other-withdraw-from-races/article_70fffd53-de90-5d5d-8bf8-b4c19581e3fa.html Candidates file challenges while other withdraw from races Tulsa World April 19, 2016 April 20, 2016
Declined
Dan Boren, former U.S. Representativehttp://kfor.com/2014/11/04/u-s-senate-seat-goes-to-republican-james-lankford U.S. Senate seat goes to Republican James Lankford KFOR November 4, 2014 May 22, 2015 Dallas Franklin Leslie Rangel
Joe Dorman, former state representative, and nominee for Governor in 2014
Brad Henry, former governor of Oklahoma
Constance N. Johnson, former State Senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Declared
Dax Ewbank, Republican candidate for Governor in 2014http://newsok.com/article/5503654 NewsOK Libertarians look to first appearance on Oklahoma ballot in 16 years June 12, 2016 August 14, 2016 Chris Casteel
Robert Murphy, independent candidate for OK-05 in 2014
Results
Libertarian primary resultshttps://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/oklahoma/ Oklahoma Senate Races Results Politico August 14, 2016
Robert Murphy Libertarian Party (United States) 1,537 58.89%
Dax Ewbank Libertarian Party (United States) 1,073 41.11%
2,610 100.00%
General election
Predictions
Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report2016 Senate Race Ratings for November 2, 2016 https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings/139360 The Cook Political Report March 26, 2021 Safe R November 2, 2016 Sabato's Crystal Ball2016 Senate http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2016-senate Sabato's Crystal Ball September 19, 2016 Safe R November 7, 2016 Rothenberg Political Report2016 Senate Ratings https://www.insideelections.com/ratings/senate/2016-senate-ratings-november-3-2016 Senate Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report November 3, 2016 Safe R November 3, 2016 Daily KosDaily Kos Election 2016 forecast: The final version https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/8/1593119/-Daily-Kos-Election-2016-forecast-The-final-version Daily Kos March 27, 2021 Safe R November 8, 2016 Real Clear PoliticsBattle for the Senate 2016 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/senate/2016_elections_senate_map.html Real Clear Politics October 28, 2016 Safe R November 7, 2016
Polling
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror JamesLankford (R) MikeWorkman (D) UndecidedSurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey November 1–7, 2016 1,271 ± 4.6% 61% 37% 2%SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey October 31–November 6, 2016 1,116 ± 4.6% 60% 38% 2%SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey October 28–November 3, 2016 905 ± 4.6% 62% 36% 2%SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey October 27–November 2, 2016 737 ± 4.6% 62% 36% 2%SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey October 26–November 1, 2016 519 ± 4.6% 62% 35% 3%SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016 472 ± 4.6% 62% 35% 3%
Results
United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2016https://www.ok.gov/elections/support/20161108_seb.html Official Results - General Election — November 8, 2016 Oklahoma Secretary of State November 8, 2016 December 20, 2016 November 24, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161124092853/https://www.ok.gov/elections/support/20161108_seb.html dead
James Lankford (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 980,892 67.74% -0.11%
Mike Workman Democratic Party (United States) 355,911 24.58% -4.40%
Robert T. Murphy Libertarian Party (United States) 43,421 3.00% N/A
Sean Braddy
Independent (United States)
40,405
2.79%
N/A
Mark T. Beard
Independent (United States)
27,418
1.89%
-1.28%
1,448,047
100.0%
N/A
Republican Party (United States)
By congressional district
Lankford won all five congressional districts.DRA 2020 https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::bae848ae-a6fd-4647-a2fc-3af07978eb28 2024-08-18 Daves Redistricting
District Lankford Workman RepresentativeOklahoma 1 1st 65% 27%Jim BridenstineOklahoma 2 2nd 69% 24%Markwayne MullinOklahoma 3 3rd 76% 17%Frank LucasOklahoma 4 4th 68% 23%Tom ColeOklahoma 5 5th 60% 31%Steve Russell
References
External links
Official campaign websites
James Lankford (R) for Senate
Mike Workman (D) for Senate
Dax Ewbank (L) for Senate
2016
Oklahoma (U.S. state)
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