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2000Final results

2000 election for Oklahoma House District 44

Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma

Bill Nations (D) won with 49.4% of the vote, defeating Melissa McLawhorn (R) by 1.1 points.

Bill NationsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
49.4%6,034
48.3%5,898
Aaron D. LeinLibertarian
2.4%290
12,222 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+17.01994D+27.21996D+11.51998D+1.12000D+20.62002D+22.72004

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

The candidates

Bill Nations (D)Melissa McLawhorn (R)

Also on the ballot: Aaron D. Lein (Libertarian), 2.4%