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1998Final results

1998 election for Oklahoma Senate District 42

Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma

Dave Herbert (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Gary Banz (R) by 9.6 points.

Dave HerbertDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%9,768
Gary BanzRepublican
45.2%8,054
17,822 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+9.61998R+8.72002R+36.62010R+28.12014R+7.62018R+10.62026

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