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1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Oklahoma Senate District 40

Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma

Leo Kingston (R) won with 66.8% of the vote, defeating Mike Combs (D) by 33.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Leo KingstonRepublican · winner
66.8%11,756
Mike CombsDemocrat · incumbent
33.2%5,849
17,605 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+22.71978D+15.91982R+33.61986R+17.41990R+40.01994R+23.72002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET