2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

See also: 2016 United States Senate elections

2016 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

November 8, 2016

Nominee James Lankford Mike Workman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 980,892 355,911 Percentage 67.74% 24.58%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results 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.^[1]

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

• James Lankford, incumbent senator^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mike Workman, political consultant and nominee for Labor Commissioner in 2014^[3]

Withdrew

• Steve Perry, attorney and nominee for OK-05 in 2008^[3]

Declined

• Dan Boren, former U.S. Representative^[4]
• Joe Dorman, former state representative, and nominee for Governor in 2014^[4]
• Brad Henry, former governor of Oklahoma^[4]
• Constance N. Johnson, former State Senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014^[4]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

• Dax Ewbank, Republican candidate for Governor in 2014^[5]
• Robert Murphy, independent candidate for OK-05 in 2014^[5]

Results

Libertarian primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robert Murphy	1,537	58.89%
	Libertarian	Dax Ewbank	1,073	41.11%
Total votes			2,610	100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[7]	Safe R	November 2, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8]	Safe R	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[9]	Safe R	November 3, 2016
Daily Kos[10]	Safe R	November 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics[11]	Safe R	November 7, 2016

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	James Lankford (R)	Mike Workman (D)	Undecided
SurveyMonkey	November 1–7, 2016	1,271	± 4.6%	61%	37%	2%
SurveyMonkey	October 31–November 6, 2016	1,116	± 4.6%	60%	38%	2%
SurveyMonkey	October 28–November 3, 2016	905	± 4.6%	62%	36%	2%
SurveyMonkey	October 27–November 2, 2016	737	± 4.6%	62%	36%	2%
SurveyMonkey	October 26–November 1, 2016	519	± 4.6%	62%	35%	3%
SurveyMonkey	October 25–31, 2016	472	± 4.6%	62%	35%	3%

Results

United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2016^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James Lankford (incumbent)	980,892	67.74%	-0.11%
	Democratic	Mike Workman	355,911	24.58%	-4.40%
	Libertarian	Robert T. Murphy	43,421	3.00%	N/A
	Independent	Sean Braddy	40,405	2.79%	N/A
	Independent	Mark T. Beard	27,418	1.89%	-1.28%
Total votes			1,448,047	100.0%	N/A
	Republican hold

References

1. "2016-Election Results". Oklahoma State Election Board (0270). Retrieved June 12, 2024.
2. Emily Cahn; Alexis Levinson (January 28, 2015). "Senators Confirm Re-Election Bids for 2016". Roll Call. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
3. "Candidates file challenges while other withdraw from races". Tulsa World. April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
4. Dallas Franklin; Leslie Rangel (November 4, 2014). "U.S. Senate seat goes to Republican James Lankford". KFOR. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
5. Casteel, Chris (June 12, 2016). "Libertarians look to first appearance on Oklahoma ballot in 16 years". NewsOK. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
6. "Oklahoma Senate Races Results". Politico. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
7. "2016 Senate Race Ratings for November 2, 2016". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
8. "2016 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
9. "2016 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
10. "Daily Kos Election 2016 forecast: The final version". Daily Kos. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
11. "Battle for the Senate 2016". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
12. "Official Results - General Election — November 8, 2016". Oklahoma Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

External links

Official campaign websites

• James Lankford (R) for Senate
• Mike Workman (D) for Senate
• Dax Ewbank (L) for Senate