1980Final results
1980 election for Oklahoma House District 44
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Cleta Deatherage (D) won with 61.7% of the vote, defeating Tom Coker (R) by 25.3 points.
Cleta DeatherageDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.7%8,256
Tom CokerRepublican
36.3%4,864
Gordon E. MobleyLibertarian
2.0%264
13,384 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