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1968Final results

1968 election for Oklahoma House District 5

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Wiley Sparkman (D) won with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Billy Ray Templeton (R) by 21.0 points.

Wiley SparkmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.5%5,576
39.5%3,640
9,216 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenD+21.21974D+54.11982D+14.81992D+23.11996D+23.71998D+20.02002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET