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2020 Oklahoma elections

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
2020 Oklahoma state senate elections

← 2018 November 3, 2022

24 of the 48 seats in the Oklahoma State Senate
25 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Greg Treat Kay Floyd
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since 2018 2018
Leader's seat 47 - Oklahoma City 46 - Oklahoma City
Seats before 39 9
Seats won 39 9
Seat change Steady Steady

President pro tempore before election

Greg Treat
Republican

Elected President pro tempore

Greg Treat
Republican

2020 Oklahoma state house elections

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →

101 of the 101 seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Charles McCall Emily Virgin
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since 2017 2019
Leader's seat 22 - Atoka 44 - Norman
Seats before 76 25
Seats after 81 20
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5
Seats up 76 25
Races won 81 20

Speaker before election

Charles McCall
Republican

Elected Speaker

Charles McCall
Republican

Oklahoma elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primaries were held on June 30, 2020, with runoffs taking place on August 25.[1] Its presidential primaries were an exception to this, occurring on March 3, 2020.[2]

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Oklahoma voters will elect the Class II U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1 of 3 members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 3 of 9 seats on the Oklahoma Supreme Court, 2 of 5 seats on the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 3 of 12 seats on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, all of the seats of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and 25 of 48 seats in the Oklahoma State Senate. There are also two ballot measures that will be voted on, in addition to one passed in the June 30 primary.[1]

Federal offices

President of the United States

Oklahoma has 7 electoral votes in the Electoral College. They went to Incumbent President Donald Trump.

United States Class II Senate Seat

Parties Seats
2018 2020 +/- Strength
  Republican Party 2 2 Steady 0 100%
  Democratic Party 0 0 Steady 0 0%

United States House of Representatives

Parties Seats
2018 2020 +/- Strength
  Republican Party 4 5 Increase 1 100%
  Democratic Party 1 0 Decrease 1 0%

There are 5 U.S. Representatives in Oklahoma who will be up for election.[3]

Corporation Commission

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Todd
Hiett (R)
Todd
Hagopian (L)
Undecided
SoonerPoll/News 9/News on 6 October 15–20, 2020 5,466 (LV) ± 1.33% 56% 15% 29%

Results

2020 Oklahoma Corporation Commission election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Todd Hiett (incumbent) 1,100,024 76.1% −23.9%
Libertarian Todd Hagopian 345,436 23.9% N/A
Total votes 1,445,460 100.0%

State Judiciary

The state's two courts of last resort have 9 and 5 seats respectively. Elections are officially nonpartisan.[4]

State Legislature

All 101 seats of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and 25 of 48 seats of the Oklahoma State Senate are up for election.

State Senate

Before the election the composition of the state senate was:

Parties Seats
2018 2020 +/- Strength
  Republican Party 39 39 Steady 0 81%
  Democratic Party 9 9 Steady 0 19%

House of Representatives

Before the election the composition of the state house was:

Parties Seats
2018 2020 +/- Strength
  Republican Party 76 81 Increase 5 80%
  Democratic Party 25 20 Decrease 5 20%

Ballot Initiatives

Polling

Question 805
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Yes (for the amendment) No (against the amendment) Undecided
SoonerPoll/News 9/News on 6 October 15–20, 2020 5,466 (LV) ± 1.33% 45% 35% 20%
Question 814
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Yes (for the amendment) No (against the amendment) Undecided
SoonerPoll/News 9/News on 6 October 15–20, 2020 5,466 (LV) ± 1.33% 46% 26% 28%

Local elections

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. ^ a b "Oklahoma elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Live Results: Oklahoma Presidential Primary 2020". New York Times. June 29, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Live: Oklahoma State Primary Election Results 2020". New York Times. July 1, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Judicial Selection in the States: Oklahoma". NCSC. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

Further reading