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2012Final results

2012 election for Oklahoma Senate District 5

Oklahoma State Senate · Oklahoma

Jerry Ellis (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Howard Houchen (R) by 33.1 points.

Jerry EllisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.5%15,920
Howard HouchenRepublican
33.5%8,010
23,930 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+61.91988D+62.02000D+44.42008D+33.12012R+8.62014 specialR+14.32016

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