2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Oklahoma Senate District 37
Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma
Nancy Riley (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Lewis C. Long Jr. (D) by 1.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nancy RileyRepublican · winner
50.5%12,641
Lewis C. Long Jr.Democrat · incumbent
49.5%12,376
25,017 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