2024 Oklahoma Senate election

2024 Oklahoma Senate election

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24 seats from the Oklahoma Senate 25 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Greg Treat (term limited) Kay Floyd (term limited) Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 47-Oklahoma City 46-Oklahoma City Seats before 40 8 Seats after 40 8 Seat change Popular vote 252,643 121,569 Percentage 64.73% 31.14% Swing 3.78% 7.91%
Results:      Republican hold     Democratic hold      No election
President Pro Temp before election Greg Treat Republican Elected President Pro Temp Lonnie Paxton Republican

The 2024 Oklahoma Senate election took place on November 5, 2024. The primary elections for the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 18, 2024. ^[1] Oklahoma voters elected state senators to serve four-year terms in 24 of the 48 Senate districts.

Retirements

Democrats

Retiring

1. District 48: George E. Young ^[2]

Term limited

1. District 11: Kevin Matthews ^[3]
2. District 46: Kay Floyd ^[4]

Republican

Retiring

1. District 9: Dewayne Pemberton ^[5]
2. District 21: Tom J. Dugger ^[6]
3. District 25: Joe Newhouse ^[2]
4. District 31: Chris Kidd withdrew after initially filing ^[7]

Term limited

1. District 15: Rob Standridge ^[8]
2. District 33: Nathan Dahm ^[9]
3. District 47: Greg Treat ^[10]

New members

Incumbents defeated

1. District 3: Julie McIntosh defeated incumbent Blake Stephens. She faced Margaret Cook in the November election. ^[11]
2. District 13: Jonathan Wingard defeated incumbent Greg McCortney. ^[12]
3. District 37: Aaron Reinhardt defeated incumbent Cody Rogers. He faced Andrew Nutter in the November election. ^[13]
4. District 43: Kendal Sacchieri defeated Jessica Garvin. ^[13] She faced Sam Graefe in the November election. ^[14]

Open seats

1. District 9: Avery Frix was unopposed in the race to replace Dewayne Pemberton. ^[15]
2. District 11: Regina Goodwin won an open race to replace Kevin Matthews. ^[16]
3. District 15: Lisa Standridge won an open race to replace her husband Rob Standridge.
4. District 21: Randy Grellner won an open race to replace Tom J. Dugger.
5. District 25: Brian Guthrie won an open race to replace Joe Newhouse.
6. District 31: Spencer Kern won an open race to replace Chris Kidd. ^[16]
7. District 33: Christi Gillespie won an open race to replace Nathan Dahm.
8. District 46: Mark Mann won an open race to replace Kay Floyd.
9. District 47: Kelly E. Hines won an open race to replace Greg Treat.
10. District 48: Nikki Nice won an open race to replace George E. Young. ^[17]

Uncontested races

Six Senators were the only candidate to file in their district. ^[15]

The following Senators were re-elected without opposition:

1. District 5: George Burns
2. District 19: Roland Pederson
3. District 23: Lonnie Paxton
4. District 41: Adam Pugh
5. District 45: Paul Rosino

The following Senators were elected for the first time without opposition:

1. District 9: Avery Frix

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [18]	Safe R	October 23, 2024

Special elections

District	Incumbent				Candidates [15] [19]
Location	Member	Party	First elected	Status
46	Kay Floyd	Democratic	2014 [a]	Incumbent term limited [4] New member elected Democratic hold	▌ Mark Mann - 60% ▌ Charles Barton - 34% ▌ David Pilchman - 5% Eliminated in primary ▌ Sam Grimaldo
48	George E. Young	Democratic	2018 [b]	Incumbent to resign November 15, 2024 [20] New member elected Democratic hold	▌ Nikki Nice - 73% ▌ Connie Johnson - 27%

Summary of elections

General election results will be listed for districts with general elections. ^[21] Runoff results will be listed for districts where a runoff determined the winner of the district. Primary election results are listed for districts where a primary determined the winner of the district. ^[22] Districts with one candidate and no results were uncontested.

Parties		Seats				Popular vote
		2022	2024	+/−	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Republican Party	40	40	-	83.33%	252,643	64.73%	+3.78%
	Democratic Party	8	8	-	16.67%	121,569	31.14%	-7.91%
	Independent	0	0	-	0.00%	16,117	4.13%	+4.13%
Totals		48	48		100.0%	390,329	100.0%	—
Source:

District	Incumbent				Candidates [19] [15]
Location	Member	Party	First elected	Status
1	Micheal Bergstrom	Rep	2016	Incumbent reelected	▌ Micheal Bergstrom - 53% ▌ Houston Brittain - 47%
3	Blake Stephens	Rep	2020	Incumbent lost renomination New member elected Republican hold	▌ Julie McIntosh - 78.7% ▌ Margaret Cook - 21.3% Eliminated in primaries ▌ Patrick Sampson ▌ Blake Stephens
5	George Burns	Rep	2020	Incumbent re-elected without opposition	▌ George Burns
7	Warren Hamilton	Rep	2020	Incumbent reelected	▌ Warren Hamilton - 76.9% ▌ Jerry L. Donathan - 23.1%
9	Dewayne Pemberton	Rep	2016	Incumbent retiring. [5] New member elected. Republican hold [15]	▌ Avery Frix
11	Kevin Matthews	Dem	2015 [c]	Incumbent term limited [3] [23] New member elected. Democratic hold	▌ Regina Goodwin - 84% ▌ Joe Williams - 16%
13	Greg McCortney	Rep	2016	Incumbent lost renomination New member elected Republican hold	▌ Jonathan Wingard - 52% ▌ Greg McCortney - 48%
15	Rob Standridge	Rep	2012	Incumbent term limited [8] [24] New member elected Republican hold	▌ Lisa Standridge - 61.7% ▌ Elizabeth Forman - 38.3% Eliminated in primary ▌ Kyle Chapman ▌ Tommie Herell ▌ Robert Keyes ▌ Kelly Lynn ▌ Brandon Nofire
17	Shane Jett	Rep	2020 [d]	Incumbent reelected	▌ Shane Jett - 50% ▌ Ron Sharp - 27% ▌ Rachael Melot - 19% ▌ Cody Swearingen - 4%
19	Roland Pederson	Rep	2016	Incumbent re-elected without opposition	▌ Roland Pederson
21	Tom J. Dugger	Rep	2016	Incumbent retiring [6] New member elected Republican hold	▌ Randy Grellner - 64.6% ▌ Robin Fuxa - 35.4% Eliminated in primary ▌ Kurt Murray ▌ James Winn
23	Lonnie Paxton	Rep	2016	Incumbent re-elected without opposition	▌ Lonnie Paxton
25	Joe Newhouse	Rep	2016	Incumbent retiring [25] New member elected Republican hold	▌ Brian Guthrie - 67.2% [26] ▌ Karen Gaddis - 32.8% Eliminated in primary ▌ Jeff Boatman [27]
27	Casey Murdock	Rep	2018 [e]	Incumbent reelected.	▌ Casey Murdock - 52% ▌ Cody Anderson - 48%
29	Julie Daniels	Rep	2016	Incumbent reelected. [28]	▌ Julie Daniels - 55% ▌ Wendi Stearman - 45%
31	Chris Kidd	Rep	2016	Incumbent withdrew [7] New member elected. Republican hold.	▌ Spencer Kern - 51% ▌ Rick Wolfe - 32% ▌ Pamala McNall-Granier - 17%
33	Nathan Dahm	Rep	2012	Incumbent term limited [9] New member elected Republican hold	▌ Christi Gillespie - 67.2% ▌ Bob Willis - 32.8% Eliminated in primary ▌ Bill Bickerstaff ▌ Tim Brooks ▌ Shelley Gwartney
35	Jo Anna Dossett	Dem	2020	Incumbent reelected	▌ Jo Anna Dossett - 59.2% ▌ Dean Martin - 40.8%
37	Cody Rogers	Rep	2020	Incumbent lost renomination New member elected Republican hold	▌ Aaron Reinhardt - 69.6% ▌ Andrew Nutter - 30.4% Eliminated in primary ▌ Cody Rogers
39	David Rader	Rep	2016	Incumbent reelected	▌ David Rader - 56.3% ▌ Melissa Bryce - 43.7%
41	Adam Pugh	Rep	2016	Incumbent re-elected without opposition	▌ Adam Pugh
43	Jessica Garvin	Rep	2020	Incumbent lost renomination New member elected Republican hold	▌ Kendal Sacchieri - 80.5% ▌ Sam Graefe - 19.5% Eliminated in primary ▌ Jessica Garvin
45	Paul Rosino	Rep	2017	Incumbent re-elected without opposition	▌ Paul Rosino
47	Greg Treat	Rep	2011	Incumbent term limited [10] New member elected Republican hold	▌ Kelly E. Hines - 52.9% ▌ Erin Brewer - 47.1% Eliminated in primary ▌ Aaron Curry ▌ Jennifer Schmitt

See also

• 2024 Oklahoma House of Representatives election
• 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma
• List of Oklahoma state legislatures

Notes

1. Served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 2012 and 2014.
2. Served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 2014 and 2018. ^[20]
3. Served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 2012 and 2015.
4. Served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 2004 and 2010.
5. Served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 2014 and 2018

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