2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Oklahoma House District 45
Oklahoma House of Representatives · Oklahoma
Thad Balkman (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Wallace Collins (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thad BalkmanRepublican · winner
51.7%6,668
Wallace CollinsDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%6,236
12,904 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET