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1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for Oklahoma House District 68

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Chris Benge (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Shelby D. Satterfield (D) by 10.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Chris BengeRepublican · winner
55.4%4,422
Shelby D. SatterfieldDemocrat · incumbent
44.6%3,566
7,988 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

EvenD+8.41988D+28.11990D+9.21996R+10.71998R+22.92000R+34.02002

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