1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Oklahoma Senate District 49
Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma
Owen Laughlin (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Don Williams (D) by 4.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Owen LaughlinRepublican · winner
52.4%13,656
Don WilliamsDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%12,388
26,044 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET