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1987Final results

1987 runoff for Oklahoma Senate District 37

Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma

M. David Riggs (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Doug Sparks (R) by 7.7 points.

M. David RiggsDemocrat · winner
53.9%2,694
Doug SparksRepublican
46.1%2,307
5,001 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 1987

Races before and after

EvenD+7.71987 runoffD+7.61988

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)