1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Oklahoma Senate District 44
Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma
Kay Dudley (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Marvin York (D) by 14.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kay DudleyRepublican · winner
57.0%8,913
Marvin YorkDemocrat · incumbent
43.0%6,713
15,626 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET