1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Oklahoma House District 40
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Gary Maxey (D) won with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Homer Rieger (R) by 21.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gary MaxeyDemocrat · winner
60.7%4,942
Homer RiegerRepublican · incumbent
39.3%3,202
8,144 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET