1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Oklahoma House District 61
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Jack Begley (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Lewis Mayer (R) by 0.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Jack BegleyDemocrat · winner
50.4%5,486
Lewis MayerRepublican
49.6%5,392
10,878 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)