1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Oklahoma House District 78
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Frank Pitezel (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Charles Cleveland (D) by 6.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Frank PitezelRepublican · winner
53.2%5,661
Charles ClevelandDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%4,985
10,646 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