2020 Oklahoma Senate election explained

The 2020 Oklahoma Senate election was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Oklahoma voters elected state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.

Retirements

Two incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

1. District 5: Joseph Silk: Retired
2. District 35: Gary Stanislawski: Retired

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

Four Republicans lost renomination.

1. District 3: Wayne Shaw lost renomination to Blake Stephens.
2. District 7: Larry Boggs lost renomination to Warren Hamilton.
3. District 17: Ron Sharp lost renomination to Shane Jett.
4. District 43: Paul Scott lost renomination to Jessica Garvin.

In the general election

Democrats

1. District 37: Allison Ikley-Freeman lost to Cody Rogers.

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Oklahoma Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
				%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	23	288,365	66.19%	39	22	22	39
	Democratic	13	139,506	32.02%	9	2	2	9
	Libertarian	1	7,819	1.79%	0	0	0	0
Total			435,690	100.0%	48	24	24	48
Source: Oklahoma Elections Results

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District 35	data-sort-value=1	Democratic (flip)	1.8%
District 39	data-sort-value=1	Republican	9.6%
District 45	data-sort-value=1	Republican	15.0%
District 9	data-sort-value=1	Republican	16.2%

Summary of results by State Senate District

State Senate District[2]	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Oklahoma 1	Micheal Bergstrom		Rep	Micheal Bergstrom		Rep
Oklahoma 3	Wayne Shaw		Rep	Blake Stephens		Rep
Oklahoma 5	Joseph Silk		Rep	George Burns		Rep
Oklahoma 7	Larry Boggs		Rep	Warren Hamilton		Rep
Oklahoma 9	Dewayne Pemberton		Rep	Dewayne Pemberton		Rep
Oklahoma 11	Kevin Matthews		Dem	Kevin Matthews		Dem
Oklahoma 13	Greg McCortney		Rep	Greg McCortney		Rep
Oklahoma 15	Rob Standridge		Rep	Rob Standridge		Rep
Oklahoma 17	Ron Sharp		Rep	Shane Jett		Rep
Oklahoma 19	Roland Pederson		Rep	Roland Pederson		Rep
Oklahoma 21	Tom J. Dugger		Rep	Tom J. Dugger		Rep
Oklahoma 23	Lonnie Paxton		Rep	Lonnie Paxton		Rep
Oklahoma 25	Joe Newhouse		Rep	Joe Newhouse		Rep
Oklahoma 27	Casey Murdock		Rep	Casey Murdock		Rep
Oklahoma 29	Julie Daniels		Rep	Julie Daniels		Rep
Oklahoma 31	Chris Kidd		Rep	Chris Kidd		Rep
Oklahoma 33	Nathan Dahm		Rep	Nathan Dahm		Rep
Oklahoma 35	Gary Stanislawski		Rep	Jo Anna Dossett		Dem
Oklahoma 37	Allison Ikley-Freeman		Dem	Cody Rogers		Rep
Oklahoma 39	David Rader		Rep	David Rader		Rep
Oklahoma 41	Adam Pugh		Rep	Adam Pugh		Rep
Oklahoma 43	Paul Scott		Rep	Jessica Garvin		Rep
Oklahoma 45	Paul Rosino		Rep	Paul Rosino		Rep
Oklahoma 47	Greg Treat		Rep	Greg Treat		Rep

Detailed results by State Senate District

District 47

Special elections

District 28

A special election for Oklahoma State Senate District 28 has been called for November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for June 30, 2020. The candidate filing deadline was April 10, 2020. The seat became vacant after Jason Smalley resigned his seat on January 31, 2020, to take a private-sector job with Motorola Solutions Corporation.^[3]

General election

See also

• List of Oklahoma state legislatures

Notes and References

1. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.
2. Web site: OK Election Results. June 30, 2020. Oklahoma Secretary of State.
3. Web site: Oklahoma State Senate District 28. Ballotpedia. en. 2020-06-30.