2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

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All 5 Oklahoma seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Independent Last election 4 1 0 Seats won 4 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 519,562 221,966 51,451 Percentage 65.5% 28.0% 6.48% Swing 5.47% 9.67% 4.18%
District results County results Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%

The 2010 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 2, 2010, 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 2000 United States census. This election was the final one held in which congressional districts apportioned according to the 2000 U.S. census data. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013.

Overview

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma [1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	519,562	65.5%	4	4	0
	Democratic	221,966	28.0%	1	1	0
	Independent	51,451	6.48%	0	0	0
Totals		792,979	100.00%	5	5	—

By district

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma by district: ^[2]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	151,173	76.80%	0	0.00%	45,656	23.20%	196,829	100.00%	Republican hold
District 2	83,226	43.48%	108,203	56.52%	0	0.00%	191,429	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 3	161,927	77.99%	45,689	22.01%	0	0.00%	207,616	100.00%	Republican hold
District 4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Republican hold
District 5	123,236	62.52%	68,074	34.54%	5,795	2.94%	197,105	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	519,562	65.52%	221,966	27.99%	51,451	6.49%	792,979	100.00%

District 1

2010 Oklahoma's 1st congressional district election

←  2008 2012  →

Nominee John Sullivan Angelia O'Dell Party Republican Independent Popular vote 151,173 45,656 Percentage 76.8% 23.2%

Precinct- and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election John Sullivan Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Sullivan Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

This district is represented by Republican John Sullivan. Republican candidates Craig Allen, Nathan Dahm, Fran Moghaddam, Kenneth Rice, Patrick K. Haworth and Independent Angelia O'Dell all have filed to run against Sullivan. ^[3] Sullivan entered the Betty Ford Center in California to receive treatment for his addiction to alcohol on May 28, 2009. ^[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• None announced

Republican primary

Candidates

• John Sullivan, incumbent
• Kenneth Rice
• Nathan Dahm, former missionary
• Patrick Haworth
• Craig Allen
• Fran Moghaddam

Results

Republican primary results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Sullivan	38,670	62.07%
	Republican	Kenneth Rice	10,394	16.68%
	Republican	Nathan Dahm	8,871	14.24%
	Republican	Partrick K. Haworth	1,736	2.79%
	Republican	Craig Allen	1,420	2.28%
	Republican	Fran Moghaddam	1,213	1.95%
Total votes			77,894	100%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [6]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Rothenberg [7]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
RCP [9]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
CQ Politics [10]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
New York Times [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010

2010 Oklahoma's 1st congressional district House election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Sullivan (incumbent)	151,173	76.80%
	Independent	Angelia O'Dell	45,656	23.20%
Total votes			196,829	100%
	Republican hold

^[12]

District 2

2010 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district election

←  2008 2012  →

Nominee Dan Boren Charles Thompson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 108,203 83,226 Percentage 56.5% 43.5%

Precinct- and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election Dan Boren Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Dan Boren Democratic

See also: Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district

This district is represented by Democrat Dan Boren. Democrat Jim Wilson and Republicans Daniel Edmonds, Charles Thompson, Chester Clem Falling, Daniel Arnett, Howard Houchen, and Raymond Wickson all filed to run against Boren. ^[3]

Polling

Despite the poor approval ratings of Obama, of whom 27% in this district approve, and the high unpopularity of the Democratic healthcare bills, which were supported by 17% of second district residents, conservative Democrat Boren remains popular. ^[13]

Boren vs. Edmonds

Poll source	Dates administered	Dan Boren (D)	Daniel Edmonds (R)
Public Policy Polling (Link)	March 3, 2010	44%	28%

Boren vs. Thompson

Poll source	Dates administered	Dan Boren (D)	Charles Thompson (R)
Public Policy Polling (Link)	March 3, 2010	45%	25%

Boren vs. Houchen

Poll source	Dates administered	Dan Boren (D)	Howard Houchen (R)
Public Policy Polling (Link)	March 3, 2010	48%	26%

Boren vs. Arnett

Poll source	Dates administered	Dan Boren (D)	Dan Arnett (R)
Public Policy Polling (Link)	March 3, 2010	49%	22%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Dan Boren, of Muskogee, incumbent
• Jim Wilson, of Tahlequah, state senator

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Boren (incumbent)	66,219	75.5%
	Democratic	Jim Wilson	21,543	24.5%
Total votes			87,762	100%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Daniel Arnett, Henryetta
• Daniel Edmonds, of Morris
• Chester Clem Falling
• Howard Houchen, of Hugo
• Charles Thompson, of Hulbert
• Raymond Wickson

Results

There was a runoff election between Daniel Edmonds and Charles Thompson on August 24. Charles Thompson was chosen to run against Dan Boren in November.

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Thompson	8,124	33.7%
	Republican	Daniel Edmonds	6,825	28.3%
	Republican	Daniel Arnett	3,838	15.8%
	Republican	Howard Houchen	2,759	11.4%
	Republican	Chester Falling	1,498	6.2%
	Republican	Raymond Wickson	1,095	4.5%
Total votes			24,139	100%

Republican primary runoff results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Thompson	7,489	67.3%
	Republican	Daniel Edmonds	3,644	32.7%
Total votes			11,142	100%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [6]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
Rothenberg [7]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
RCP [9]	Likely D	November 1, 2010
CQ Politics [10]	Safe D	October 28, 2010
New York Times [11]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight [11]	Safe D	November 1, 2010

2010 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district House election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Boren (incumbent)	108,203	56.52%
	Republican	Charles Thompson	83,226	43.48%
Total votes			191,429	100%
	Democratic hold

^[12]

District 3

2010 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election

←  2008 2012  →

Nominee Frank Lucas Frankie Robbins Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 161,927 45,689 Percentage 78.0% 22.0%

Precinct- and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election Frank Lucas Republican Elected U.S. Representative Frank Lucas Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district

This district is represented by Republican Frank Lucas. Democrat, Frankie Robbins, has filed to run for this office against Lucas. ^[3] There will be no primary election for district 3 ^[14]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [6]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Rothenberg [7]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
RCP [9]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
CQ Politics [10]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
New York Times [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010

2010 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional districts House election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Lucas (incumbent)	161,927	77.99%
	Democratic	Frankie Robbins	45,689	22.01%
Total votes			207,616	100%
	Republican hold

District 4

See also: Oklahoma's 4th congressional district

This district is represented by Republican Tom Cole. Republican R. J. Harris, ran for this seat against Cole., ^[3] no Democrats contested this district.

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Cole (incumbent)	32,584	77.3%
	Republican	R. J. Harris	9,592	22.7%
Total votes			42,176	100

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [6]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Rothenberg [7]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
RCP [9]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
CQ Politics [10]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
New York Times [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010

2010 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district House election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Cole (incumbent)		100%
Total votes				100%
	Republican hold

District 5

2010 Oklahoma's 5th congressional district election

←  2008 2012  →

Nominee James Lankford Billy Coyle Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 123,236 68,074 Percentage 62.5% 34.5%

Precinct- and county-level results

U.S. Representative before election Mary Fallin Republican Elected U.S. Representative James Lankford Republican

See also: Oklahoma's 5th congressional district

This district was represented by Republican Mary Fallin, but the seat was opened as she has announced her candidacy for Governor of Oklahoma. The seat attracted the attention of several Republican candidates, including State Representative Mike Thompson, ^[15] former State Representative Kevin Calvey, whom Fallin defeated in the 2006 Republican primary for this seat, physician Johnny Roy, who also ran in 2006, ^[16] Harry Johnson, Rick Flanigan, Shane Jett and Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma ^[17] employee James Lankford, ^[18] as well as Democrats Tom Guild and Billy Coyle. Ultimately Republican James Lankford and Democrat Billy Coyle won their respective parties' nominations and faced off in the general election in November.

This district includes most of Oklahoma City as well as Pottawatomie and Seminole counties.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Billy Coyle, of Oklahoma City
• Tom Guild, of Edmond

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Billy Coyle	21,139	56.8%
	Democratic	Tom Guild	16,059	43.2%
Total votes			37,198	100%

Republican primary

Candidates

• James Lankford, program director of Falls Creek
• Kevin Calvey, former state representative
• Mike Thompson, former state representative
• Harry Johnson
• Rick Flanigan
• Johnny Roy
• Shane Jett, state representative

Polling

First-choice polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kevin Calvey	Rick Flanigan	James Lankford	Johnny Roy	Mike Thompson	Harry Johnson	Shane Jett	Undecided
Soonerpoll [19]	July 7–9, 2010	306 (LV)	5.6%	28%	<1%	20%	2%	14%	1%	6%	29%
Soonerpoll [20]	February 25-March 8, 2010	302 (LV)	5.64%	20%	1%	7%	1%	9%			63%

Second-choice polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kevin Calvey	Rick Flanigan	James Lankford	Johnny Roy	Mike Thompson	Harry Johnson	Shane Jett	Undecided
Soonerpoll [19]	July 7–9, 2010	306 (LV)	5.6%	20%	0%	14%	5%	11%	<1%	12%	38%

Results

There was a runoff election held on August 24 between James Lankford and Kevin Calvey. Lankford was chosen to run against Billy Coyle in November.

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Lankford	18,755	33.6%
	Republican	Kevin Calvey	18,143	32.5%
	Republican	Mike Thompson	10,007	17.9%
	Republican	Shane Jett	5,955	10.7%
	Republican	Johnny Roy	1,548	2.8%
	Republican	Rick Flanigan	762	1.4%
	Republican	Harry Johnson	686	1.2%
Total votes			55,856	100%

Republican primary runoff results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Lankford	29,814	65.2%
	Republican	Kevin Calvey	15,899	32.7%
Total votes			45,713	100%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [6]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Rothenberg [7]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
RCP [9]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
CQ Politics [10]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
New York Times [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight [11]	Safe R	November 1, 2010

2010 Oklahoma' 5th congressional district House election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Lankford	123,236	62.53%
	Democratic	Billy Coyle	68,074	34.53%
	Independent	Clark Duffe	3,067	1.56%
	Independent	Dave White	2,728	1.38%
Total votes			197,105	100%
	Republican hold

See also

• 2010 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
• 2010 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
2. Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved November 12, 2019.
3. Oklahoma State Election Board. "Candidates for Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Offices" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
4. "U.S. Rep. John Sullivan checks in to Betty Ford clinic". Tulsa World News. May 29, 2009.
5. Oklahoma State Election Board (July 27, 2010). "Unofficial Results Primary Election". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
6. "The Cook Political Report – Charts – 2010 House Competitive Races". The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
7. Rothenberg Political Report (November 1, 2010). "House Ratings". Rothenbergpoliticalreport.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
8. Crystal Ball, as of November 1,2010 ^[update]
9. RealClearPolitics, as of November 1,2010 ^[update]
10. "2010 House Ratings Chart". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
11. "House Race Ratings". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
12. "Election Results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
13. "OK-2: Boren looks safe (16-27 points)". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
14. Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine , 2010 Election: Race for Congress
15. "Congressional candidate names campaign co-chairmen". Blog.newsok.com. July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
16. "The Scorecard: 2008 Congressional campaign news and analysis". Politico.Com. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
17. "Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma" . Retrieved September 1, 2009.
18. "James Lankford Candidacy Facebook Page". Facebook . Retrieved September 1, 2009.
19. Soonerpoll
20. Soonerpoll

External links

• Oklahoma State Election Board
• U.S. Congress Candidates for Oklahoma at Project Vote Smart
• Oklahoma U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Oklahoma from OpenSecrets
• 2010 Oklahoma General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
• House - Oklahoma from the Cook Political Report
• News coverage from The Oklahoman