2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Oklahoma Senate District 21
Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma
Jim Halligan (R) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating Robert M. Murphy (D) by 16.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim HalliganRepublican · winner
58.1%17,711
Robert M. MurphyDemocrat
41.9%12,749
30,460 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET