RepublicanNot in office · last served 2023Last on a ballot: Nov 2020

James M. Inhofe

Last held office: U.S. Senate, Oklahoma (1994–2023). Ran in 14 elections between 1968 and 2020, winning 13.

Last office: U.S. Senate, OklahomaBorn 1934

Last margin: +30.2; Won 2020
Elections: 14; 1968–2020

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Career

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

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Oklahoma State Senate, District 35U.S. House, OK-1 U.S. Senate, OklahomaOut of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Inhofe has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Inhofe won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised	Baseline
2020	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	General	Won	Abby Broyles (D), Robert Murphy (L), Joan Farr (I)	62.9%	R+30.2	$4.7M	R+33.9
2014	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	General	Won	Matt Silverstein (D), Joan Farr (I), Ray Woods (I)	68%	R+39.5	$3.4M	R+33.5
2008	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	General	Won	Andrew Rice (D), Stephen P. Wallace (I)	56.7%	R+17.5	$5.4M	R+31.3
2002	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	General	Won	David Walters (D), James Germalic (I)	57.3%	R+21.0	$3M	R+22.2
1996	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	General	Won	Jim Boren (D), Bill Maguire (I), Agnes Marie Regier (L)	56.7%	R+16.6	$2.7M	R+8.8
1994	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma (special)	Special	Won	David McCurdy (D), Danny Corn (I)	55.2%	R+15.3	$2M	R+11.2
1992	U.S. House, OK-1	General	Won	John Selph (D)	52.8%	R+5.6	$425.4K	—
1990	U.S. House, OK-1	General	Won	Kurt G. Glassco (D)	56%	R+11.9	$609.8K	—
1988	U.S. House, OK-1	General	Won	Kurt G. Glassco (D)	52.6%	R+5.3	$482.6K	—
1986	U.S. House, OK-1	General	Won	Gary D. Allison (D), Carl E. McCullough Jr. (I)	54.8%	R+12.0	$415.8K	—
1976	U.S. House, OK-1	General	Lost	James R. Jones (D), W. D. Mackintosh (I)	45.1%	D+8.9	—	—
1972	Oklahoma State Senate, District 35	General	Won	Happy Miles (D)	68.6%	R+37.2	—	—
1968	Oklahoma State Senate, District 35	General	Won	Jerry L. Goodman (D)	53.7%	R+7.4	—	—
1968	Oklahoma State Senate, District 35	Primary	Won	Madison J. Bowers (R)	79.3%	+58.7	—	—