1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Oklahoma House District 86
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
David Craig Hood (D) won with 60.1% of the vote, defeating J. Thomas Taggart (R) by 20.1 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
David Craig HoodDemocrat · winner
60.1%4,467
J. Thomas TaggartRepublican · incumbent
39.9%2,971
7,438 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)