1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Oklahoma election results

Every race on Oklahoma's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races132
Changed party11
Unopposed45%60 races
Incumbents defeated5

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OklahomaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)16.6

U.S. House

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1James M. Inhofe (R)5.3
OK-2Michael Synar (D)29.7
OK-3Wes Watkins (D)Unopposed
OK-4David McCurdy (D)Unopposed
OK-5Mickey Edwards (R)44.3
OK-6Glenn English (D)46.2

Oklahoma State Senate

D 17 · R 7 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1William M. Schuelein (D)Unopposed
SD-3Herbert Rozell (D)Unopposed
SD-5Rex W. Chandler (D)61.9
SD-7Gene Stipe (D)21.9
SD-9Ben H. Robinson (D)50.7
SD-11Maxine Cisselhorner (D)Unopposed
SD-13Dick Wilkerson (D)Unopposed
SD-15Trish Weedn (D)16.8
SD-17Carl C. Franklin (D)Unopposed
SD-19Ed Long (D)22.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-21Bernice Shedrick (D)6.1
SD-23Ray Giles (D)34.6
SD-29Jerry T. Pierce (R)17.1
SD-31Paul Taliaferro (D)Unopposed
SD-33Penny Williams (D)31.7
SD-35Don Rubottom (R)Unopposed
SD-37Lewis C. Long Jr. (D)7.6
SD-39Jerry L. Smith (R)Unopposed
SD-41Mark Snyder (R)Unopposed
SD-43Ben Brown (D)14.1
SD-45Tom Cole (R)1.1
SD-47Mike Fair (R)Unopposed
SD-49Don Williams (D)8.6Flipped
SD-51Charles R. Ford (R)Unopposed

Oklahoma House of Representatives

D 69 · R 32 · 9 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab