| The Green Papers: Oklahoma 2009 General Election |
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Oklahoma
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters. |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe • First elected to fill out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill the impending vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator David L. Boren (Democrat): effective, 15 November 1994 but announced before the 1994 Oklahoma state/local Primary in August 1994, allowing for this Special Election to take place; elected to a full term: 1996; re-elected 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Tom Coburn • First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998.) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Brad Henry • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman John Sullivan • Elected 8 January 2002 in Special Election for the term to begin 15 February, the effective date of the resignation of Steve Largent (who resigned to run for OK Governor). Representative Sullivan will take oath of office 27 February 2002. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • 1 June 2009: Congressman Sullivan enters the Betty Ford Clinic for alcohol addiction. |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman David Daniel "Dan" Boren • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Frank D. Lucas • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| CD 4 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Tom Cole • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| CD 5 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Mary C. Fallin • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Edward "Drew" Edmondson • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Scott Meacham • Appointed by Governor Brad Henry June 2005; first elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Auditor and Inspector 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor and Inspector Steve Burrage • Appointed: 10 July 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Commissioner of Labor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Labor Commissioner Lloyd L. Fields • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Insurance Commissioner 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland • Appointed by Governor Brad Henry January 2005; first elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Public Instruction Superintendent Sandy Garrett • First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Retiring in 2010 |
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| Corporation Commissioner 1 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Corporation Commissioner Dana L. Murphy • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Corporation Commissioner 2 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2012 | |||||
| Republican | Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony • First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Corporation Commissioner 3 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2014 | |||||
| Republican | Corporation Commissioner Jeff Cloud • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • Running for U.S. House CD 5 in 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |