The Green Papers: Oklahoma 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 30 June 2020
✓ Runoff (CD 5 Rep): Tuesday 25 August 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Friday 10 April 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 30 June 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC).
Wednesday 15 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - President .
Tuesday 25 August 2020 - Runoff (CD 5 Rep) . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-7:00p CST (1300-0100 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:3,764,882 (1.22% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
Capital:Oklahoma City
 

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Oklahoma State and Local Government

Oklahoma 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Oklahoma is a closed primary state. Only registered voters of a political party may vote to select their party's nominees, however, the Democratic Party is allowing Independent voters to participate in its primaries and runoffs in 2020 and 2021. The Republican and Libertarian Parties will use a closed primary for 2020.

If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters.

If a candidate is unopposed in the primary or general election, that office does not appear on the ballot.

Oklahoma does not permit write-ins.


2020 Statutory Election Dates and Deadlines and 2020 Election Calendar from the Oklahoma State Election Board.

2020 Candidates from the Oklahoma State Election Board.


30 June 2020 Primary results from a media source.

30 June 2020 Primary returns from the Oklahoma State Election Board.

25 August 2020: Runoff results and results from a media source.

25 August 2020 Runoff returns from the Oklahoma State Election Board.


3 November 2020 candidate lists from the Oklahoma State Election Board.

3 November 2020 returns from the Oklahoma State Election Board.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 7 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (6)
  Elected Republican 1,020,280 65.37% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
(7 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Democratic 503,890 32.29% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Libertarian 24,731 1.58% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate Independent 5,597 0.36% Kanye "Deez Nutz" West
for Vice President: Michelle Tidball
FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
  Candidate Independent 3,654 0.23% Jade Simmons
for Vice President: Claudeliah J. Roze
FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
  Candidate Independent 2,547 0.16% Brock Jeffrey Pierce
for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard
FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
Total 1,560,699 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
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, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (5)
  Elected Republican 979,140 62.91% Senator James M. "Jim" Inhofe
FEC S4OK00083; 23 Nov 20; Tot $4,667,087; Dsb $4,685,144
  Candidate Democratic 509,763 32.75% Abby Broyles
FEC S0OK00370; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,089,230; Dsb $2,054,596
  Candidate Libertarian 34,435 2.21% Robert T. Murphy
FEC S6OK04098
  Candidate Independent 21,652 1.39% Joan Farr
FEC S0OK00412; 30 Nov 20; Tot $7,438; Dsb $11,033
  Candidate Independent 11,371 0.73% April D. "A. D." Nesbit
FEC S0OK00404; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,359; Dsb $3,297
Total 1,556,361 100.00%  

Class 3 Republican Senator James Paul Lankford
First elected in a special election: 4 November 2014 re: resignation of Senator Tom Coburn (Republican); re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Kevin Stitt
First elected: 2018
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     former state Sentor Ervin Yen

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Renominated);
1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Kevin R. Hern
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 6 November 2018 [re: Oklahoma law allows the winner of the general election to take office when a seat is vacant - the vacancy was caused by Member of Congress James Frederick "Jim" Bridenstine (Republican) 23 April 2018 resignation].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 213,700 63.70% Member of Congress Kevin R. Hern
FEC H8OK01157; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,433,861; Dsb $1,008,161
  Candidate Democratic 109,641 32.68% Kojo Asamoa-Caesar
FEC H0OK01147; 23 Nov 20; Tot $194,355; Dsb $209,754
  Candidate Independent 12,130 3.62% Evelyn L. Rogers
FEC H6OK03165
Total 335,471 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Markwayne Mullin
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 216,511 75.04% Member of Congress Markwayne Mullin
FEC H2OK02083; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,665,432; Dsb $1,035,381
  Candidate Democratic 63,472 22.00% Danyell Lanier
FEC H0OK02210; 23 Nov 20; Tot $41,816; Dsb $41,760
  Candidate Libertarian 8,544 2.96% Richie Castaldo
FEC H0OK02236; 30 Sep 20; Tot $0; Dsb $1,425
Total 288,527 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Frank D. Lucas
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected in a special election (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Member of Congress Glenn English): May 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 242,677 78.49% Member of Congress Frank D. Lucas
FEC H4OK06056; 23 Nov 20; Tot $881,704; Dsb $1,008,161
  Candidate Democratic 66,501 21.51% Zoe Ann Midyett
FEC H0OK03093
Total 309,178 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Cole
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 213,096 67.79% Member of Congress Thomas Jeffery "Tom" Cole
FEC H2OK04055; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,804,979; Dsb $1,672,719
  Candidate Democratic 90,459 28.78% Mary Brannon
FEC H8OK04094; 30 Sep 20; Tot $2,543; Dsb $4,983
  Candidate Libertarian 10,803 3.44% Bob White
FEC H0OK04216
Total 314,358 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Kendra S. Horn
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 158,191 52.06% state Senator Stephanie Bice
FEC H0OK05205; 31 Dec 20; Tot $3,737,828; Dsb $3,503,886
  Candidate Democratic 145,658 47.94% Member of Congress Kendra S. Horn
FEC H8OK05109; 23 Nov 20; Tot $5,979,194; Dsb $5,931,319
Total 303,849 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Attorney General Mike Hunter
Appointed: 20 February 2017 (re: resignation of Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt upon confirmation as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency); first elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Treasurer Randy McDaniel
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Auditor and Inspector  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Auditor and Inspector is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 4-year terms

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Joy Hofmeister
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Superintendent of Public Instruction is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Corporation Commissioner 1  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2022. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Dana L. Murphy
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2010, 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Corporation Commissioner 1 is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Corporation Commissioner 2  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2024. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

  Republican Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Corporation Commissioner 2 is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Corporation Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2020. Term Limit: Effective 2010: 2 6-year terms

Seat up for regular election Republican Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Corporation Commissioner 3 is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 1,100,024 76.10% Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett
  Candidate Libertarian 345,436 23.90% Todd Hagopian
Total 1,445,460 100.00%  
 

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.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 7 candidates
  Republican: 17 incumbents, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
  Veterans Party of America
Independents
  Independent: 6 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://oklegal.onenet.net/okcon/index.html
Election Authority
  Oklahoma Ethics Commission
  Oklahoma State Election Board
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Oklahoma State Senate
Democratic
  Oklahoma Democratic Party
Republican
  Oklahoma Republican Party
Third Party
  Green Party of Oklahoma
  Justice Party of Oklahoma
  Oklahoma Libertarian Party
  Oklahomans for Life
  The Unity Party of Oklahoma
  Veterans Party of Oklahoma
Media & others
  Claremore Daily Progress
  Hugo Daily News
  KOTV TV - CBS - Tulsa
  KRMG AM - Tulsa
  KSWO TV - ABC - Lawton
  McAlester News Capital & Democrat
  Native American Times - Tulsa
  NewsLink.org - Oklahoma Newspapers
  OBAR: Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform
  Oologah Lake Leader
  Politics1.com - Oklahoma
  Stillwater NewsPress
  The Cushing Citizen - Cushing
  The Daily Ardmoreite - Ardmore
  The Edmond Sun
  The Frontier
  The McCarville Report
  The Miami News-Record
  The Norman Transcript
  The Oklahoma Constitution
  The Ponca City News
  The Shawnee News-Star
  Tulsa Beacon
  Tulsa Beacon
  Tulsa World

 


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