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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]
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]
The following candidates filed before the January 8 deadline: [4]
Party | Candidate | First round (unofficial) Mar. 4, 2025 [5] | Runoff Apr. 1, 2025 | |||
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Republican | Bryan Logan | 1,521 | 40.71% | |||
Republican | David Nelson | 1,181 | 31.61% | |||
Republican | Hoss Durrett | 674 | 18.04% | Eliminated | ||
Republican | Steven Baldridge | 260 | 6.96% | |||
Republican | Jeff R. Ramsey | 82 | 2.19% | |||
Republican | Ed Jolly (withdrawn) | 18 | 0.48% | |||
Total | 3,736 | 100.00% | ||||
Only one candidate filed for the Democratic primary ballot before the January 8 deadline, canceling the primary election: [4]
The following candidate filed before the January 8 deadline: [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nathan Brewer | |||
Independent | Steve Sanford | |||
Total votes |