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1996Final results

1996 election for Oklahoma Senate District 7

Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma

Gene Stipe (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Pat Key (R) by 12.6 points.

Gene StipeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.3%14,780
Pat KeyRepublican
43.7%11,463
26,243 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+21.91988D+12.61996D+10.02008R+7.72012R+11.52016R+44.42020

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