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The 2012 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 6, 2012, to determine who would represent the state of Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2010 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 113th Congress from January 3, 2013, until January 3, 2015.
Wayne Herriman, a businessman,[8] and Rob Wallace, a former district attorney and assistant U.S. Attorney,[9] will seek the Democratic nomination to succeed Boren. Former state Senator Ben Robinson,[10]Muskogee County District 1 commissioner Gene Wallace,[11] and state Senator Jim Wilson,[12] may also seek the Democratic nomination. Former U.S. Representative Brad Carson, who represented the 2nd district from 2001 until 2005,[13] and former state Senator Kenneth Corn,[14] both of whom had planned to run, ultimately declined to do so.
In redistricting, the 3rd district expanded to include parts of Canadian County and Creek County.[1] Republican Frank Lucas has represented the 3rd district since 1994. Tim Murray, a business consultant, will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Lucas.[22]
Over the decade leading up to the 2010 Census, the 4th district had grown in population more than any other district in Oklahoma. As a result, parts of Canadian County, Cleveland County and Marshall County were moved out of the 4th district in redistricting.[1] Republican Tom Cole has represented the 4th district since 2003. Donna Bebo, a stay-at-home mother, will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Cole.[23]
Republican James Lankford, who has represented the 5th district since January 2011, is running for re-election.[1] Tom Guild, a former political science professor at the University of Central Oklahoma and unsuccessful Democratic primary candidate for the 5th district in 2010, is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Lankford.[24] There was no primary for ether party as both Lankford and Guild ran unopposed for the Republican and Democratic nomination respectively and will face Modern Whig Party candidate Pat Martin and Libertarian nominee Robert T. Murphy in the general election.