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1996Final results

1996 election for Oklahoma House District 51

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Raymond Gene McCarter (D) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating Lonnie A. Ward (R) by 27.5 points.

Raymond Gene McCarterDemocrat · winner
63.7%7,075
Lonnie A. WardRepublican
36.3%4,027
11,102 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+27.51996D+57.11998D+13.32004R+11.22008R+28.72012R+55.92016

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET