2014 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

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2014 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
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Nominee Jim Inhofe Matt Silverstein
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote558,166234,307
Percentage68.01%28.55%
2014 United States Senate election in Oklahoma results map by county.svg
County results
Inhofe:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
U.S. senator before election

Jim Inhofe
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Inhofe
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma, concurrently with the special election to Oklahoma's other Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe was running for re-election to a fourth term in office. He won the Republican primary against several minor candidates; Democratic nominee Matt Silverstein, an insurance agency owner, was unopposed for his party's nomination. This was Inhofe's first election in which he won every county, and his only election in which he won majority in every county.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jim Inhofe, incumbent U.S. Senator [1]
  • D. Jean McBride-Samuels [2]
  • Rob Moye, retired air traffic controller [3]
  • Evelyn Rogers, perennial candidate [3]
  • Erick Wyatt, Iraq War Veteran [2] [4]

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 231,291 87.69%
Republican Evelyn Rodgers11,9604.53%
Republican Erick Wyatt11,7134.44%
Republican Rob Moye4,8461.84%
Republican D. Jean McBride-Samuels3,9651.50%
Total votes263,775 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Matt Silverstein, insurance agency owner [8]

Endorsements

Silverstein was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, so no primary was held.

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [15] Solid RNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [17] Safe RNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [18] Safe RNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Jim
Inhofe (R)		Matt
Silverstein (D)		OtherUndecided
Rasmussen Reports [19] July 15–16, 2014750± 4%58%27%4%10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [20] July 5–24, 20141,312± 4.7%56%32%10%3%
Sooner Poll [21] August 28–30, 2014603± 3.99%59%27%5% [22] 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [23] August 18 – September 2, 2014821± 5%60%28%1%11%
Sooner Poll [24] September 27–29, 2014400± 4.9%56%32%5%7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [25] September 20 – October 1, 20141,244± 3%67%25%0%8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [25] October 16–23, 2014995± 5%63%27%0%10%
Sooner Poll [26] October 25–29, 2014949± 3.18%63%28%5% [27] 4%

Results

United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2014 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 558,166 68.01% +11.33%
Democratic Matt Silverstein234,30728.55%−10.63%
Independent Joan Farr10,5541.28%N/A
Independent Ray Woods9,9131.21%N/A
Independent Aaron DeLozier7,7930.95%N/A
Total votes820,733100.00%N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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  20. ↑ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
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  22. ↑ Aaron DeLozier (I) 2%, Joan Farr (I) 1%, Ray Woods (I) 2%
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  24. ↑ Sooner Poll
  25. 1 2 CBS News/NYT/YouGov
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