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1998Final results

1998 election for Oklahoma House District 61

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Jack Begley (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Earl D. Wells (R) by 13.8 points.

Jack BegleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.9%5,243
Earl D. WellsRepublican
43.1%3,973
9,216 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenR+40.91984D+0.91988D+9.91996D+13.81998D+17.42000R+4.72002

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