RepublicanNot in office · last served 2004Last on a ballot: Nov 2002

Bill Graves

Bill Graves ran in 15 elections between 1972 and 2002, winning 14. Served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives (District 84).

Career

Offices held, and every time Graves was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Graves finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2002	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Ronald E. Wasson (D)	65.7%	R+31.4
2000	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Ronald E. Wasson (D)	66.4%	R+32.8
1998	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Unopposed	—	—
1996	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Herb Bradshaw (D)	61.1%	R+22.2
1994	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Bruce Ball (D)	72.4%	R+44.8
1992	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Doug Barry (D)	67.3%	R+34.6
1990	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	E. A. Seay (D)	65%	R+30.0
1988	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Unopposed	—	—
1984	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Jim Patton (D), Doug A. Moller (L)	76.1%	R+55.0
1984	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	Primary	Won	Al Hamel (R)	87.2%	+74.4
1982	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Mike Wayne Speegle (D)	64.4%	R+28.8
1980	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Howard Cavins (D)	64.3%	R+28.6
1978	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	General	Won	Gary M. Ledbetter (D)	55.5%	R+10.9
1978	Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 84	Primary	Won	Ralph L. Harvey (R), Robert Godwin (R)	63.3%	+39.3
1972	Oklahoma State Senate, District 52	Primary	Lost	Raymond E. Tompkins (R), E. W. Keller (R)	28.7%	−11.4