1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Oklahoma House District 40
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Homer Rieger (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating David Myers (D) by 14.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Homer RiegerRepublican · winner
57.0%2,993
David MyersDemocrat
43.0%2,260
5,253 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET