1972Final results

1972 Democratic primary runoff for Oklahoma House District 16

Name: 1972 Democratic primary runoff for Oklahoma House District 16
Start: 1972-09-01
Location: Oklahoma

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Ed Cole (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Herbert E. Elias (D) by 7.3 points.

Ed ColeDemocrat · winner · incumbent

53.7%2,605

46.3%2,249

4,854 votes

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