1990 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

The 1990 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held November 6, 1990 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma 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 elections. The primaries were held August 28.

1990 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

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Nominee David Boren Stephen Jones Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 735,684 148,814 Percentage 83.18% 16.82%

Precinct/VTD results[a] County results Congressional district results State house district results State senate district results Boren:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jones:      100%      Tie      No votes

U.S. senator before election David Boren Democratic Elected U.S. Senator David Boren Democratic

Incumbent Senator David Boren won re-election to a third term in a landslide over challenger Stephen Jones, carrying every county in the state with more than 60% of the vote. As of 2025, this is the last time Democrats have won a U.S. Senate election in Oklahoma. Boren later resigned his seat in 1994 to become president of the University of Oklahoma.^[1][2]

Democratic primary

1990 Oklahoma U.S. Senate Democratic primary results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Boren (incumbent)	445,969	84.3%
	Democratic	Virginia Jenner	57,909	10.9%
	Democratic	Manuel Ybarra	25,169	4.8%
Total votes			529,047	100.00%

General election

1990 United States Senate election in Oklahoma^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Boren (Incumbent)	735,684	83.18%
	Republican	Stephen Jones	148,814	16.82%
Majority			586,870	66.35%
Total votes			884,498	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1990 United States Senate elections

Notes

1. U.S. Census Voting Tabulation Districts (VTDs) were used in place of true precincts for 74 of 77 counties