1978Final results
1978 election for Oklahoma Senate District 36
Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma
Gene Howard (D) won with 66.3% of the vote, defeating Abbott Grant (R) by 32.6 points.
Gene HowardDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.3%6,717
Abbott GrantRepublican
33.7%3,417
10,134 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