2025 Oklahoma Senate District 8 special election

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2025 Oklahoma Senate District 8 special election
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  2022 (reg.) May 13, 2025 (2025-05-13)2026 (reg.) 

Oklahoma Senate
District 8
 
CandidateNathan Brewer
Party Republican Democratic

Senator before election

Vacant
Roger Thompson until November 1, 2024
Republican

Contents

Elected Senator

TBD

A special election is scheduled to be held in the U.S. state of Oklahoma on May 13, 2025, to elect a new member for District 8 in the Oklahoma Senate, representing portions of five counties in east-central Oklahoma. The election will fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican member Roger Thompson on November 1, 2024. A primary is scheduled for March 4, 2025, with a runoff primary election if necessary on April 1, 2025. [1]

Background

District 8 was represented by Republican senator Roger Thompson from 2014 to 2024. Thompson went unopposed in the general election in 2022. The last contested general election in District 8 was in 2018, which saw Thompson win 58.7 percent of the vote against a Democrat and an independent candidate. [2]

As of February 25, 2025, Republicans have a heavy party affiliation advantage in Senate District 8, with 26,984 registered Republicans comprising 52.4 percent of the district's 51,491 registered voters. Only 15,933 voters, or 30.9 percent, are registered Democrats. [3]

Republican primary

Candidates

The following candidates filed before the January 8 deadline: [4]

Results

First round results by precinct:
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Logan
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
>90%
Nelson
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Durrett
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Baldridge
30-40%
40-50%
Tie
30-40%
40-50% 2025 Oklahoma's 8th Senate district special election primary first round results by precinct.svg
First round results by precinct:
  Logan
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  Nelson
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Durrett
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Baldridge
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Tie
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
2025 Oklahoma Senate District 8 special Republican primary election
PartyCandidateFirst round
(unofficial)
Mar. 4, 2025 [5]
Runoff
Apr. 1, 2025
Republican Bryan Logan1,52140.71%
Republican David Nelson1,18131.61%
Republican Hoss Durrett67418.04%Eliminated
Republican Steven Baldridge2606.96%
Republican Jeff R. Ramsey822.19%
Republican Ed Jolly (withdrawn)180.48%
Total3,736100.00%

Democratic primary

Only one candidate filed for the Democratic primary ballot before the January 8 deadline, canceling the primary election: [4]

Independent and third party politicians

The following candidate filed before the January 8 deadline: [4]

General election

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PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican
Democratic Nathan Brewer
Independent Steve Sanford
Total votes

Official campaign websites

References

  1. "Candidate Filing Packet" (PDF). Secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  2. "Oklahoma State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  3. "Current Registration Statistics by District" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "State Senator, District 8 Candidates" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  5. "Unofficial Results". OK Election Results. Retrieved March 5, 2025.