1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Oklahoma House District 96
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Maxine Kincheloe (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating James E. Briscoe (D) by 14.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Maxine KincheloeRepublican · winner
57.3%5,435
James E. BriscoeDemocrat · incumbent
42.7%4,055
9,490 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