2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

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2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
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  2014
(special)
November 8, 2016 2022  
  James Lankford official Senate photo (cropped).jpg Mike Workman.jpg
Nominee James Lankford Mike Workman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote980,892355,911
Percentage67.74%24.58%

2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma results map by county.svg
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Lankford:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Workman:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      40–50%
     No votes

U.S. senator before election

James Lankford
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

James Lankford
Republican

The 2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 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. The primaries were held June 28.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Incumbent Republican Senator James Lankford won re-election to a full term in office by a landslide margin of 43%, sweeping every county statewide in the Republican stronghold.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Mike Workman, political consultant and nominee for Labor Commissioner in 2014 [2]

Withdrew

  • Steve Perry, attorney and nominee for OK-05 in 2008 [2]

Declined

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Libertarian primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Robert Murphy 1,537 58.89%
Libertarian Dax Ewbank1,07341.11%
Total votes2,610 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [6] Safe RNovember 2, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [8] Safe RNovember 3, 2016
Daily Kos [9] Safe RNovember 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics [10] Safe RNovember 7, 2016

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
James
Lankford (R)
Mike
Workman (D)
Undecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 20161,271± 4.6%61%37%2%
SurveyMonkey October 31–November 6, 20161,116± 4.6%60%38%2%
SurveyMonkey October 28–November 3, 2016905± 4.6%62%36%2%
SurveyMonkey October 27–November 2, 2016737± 4.6%62%36%2%
SurveyMonkey October 26–November 1, 2016519± 4.6%62%35%3%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016472± 4.6%62%35%3%

Results

United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2016 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James Lankford (incumbent) 980,892 67.74% -0.11%
Democratic Mike Workman355,91124.58%-4.40%
Libertarian Robert T. Murphy43,4213.00%N/A
Independent Sean Braddy40,4052.79%N/A
Independent Mark T. Beard27,4181.89%-1.28%
Total votes1,448,047 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

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