1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Oklahoma House District 23
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Twyla Mason (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Robert Ritter (R) by 4.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Twyla MasonDemocrat · winner
52.2%9,647
Robert RitterRepublican
47.8%8,829
18,476 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET