2020 Oklahoma Senate election

The 2020 Oklahoma Senate election was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Oklahoma voters elected state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.

2020 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 Kay Floyd Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 47th District 46th district Seats before 39 9 Seats after 39 9 Seat change Popular vote 288,365[a] 139,506[b] Percentage 66.19% 32.02%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
President Pro Tempore before election Greg Treat Republican Elected President Pro Tempore Greg Treat Republican

Retirements

Two incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

1. District 5: Joseph Silk: Retired
2. District 35: Gary Stanislawski: Retired

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

Four Republicans lost renomination.

1. District 3: Wayne Shaw lost renomination to Blake Stephens.
2. District 7: Larry Boggs lost renomination to Warren Hamilton.
3. District 17: Ron Sharp lost renomination to Shane Jett.
4. District 43: Paul Scott lost renomination to Jessica Garvin.

In the general election

Democrats

1. District 37: Allison Ikley-Freeman lost to Cody Rogers.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[1]	Safe R	October 21, 2020

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Oklahoma Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	23	288,365	66.19%	39	22	22	39
	Democratic	13	139,506	32.02%	9	2	2	9
	Libertarian	1	7,819	1.79%	0	0	0	0
Total			435,690	100.0%	48	24	24	48
Source: Oklahoma Elections Results

Popular vote Republican   66.19% Democratic   32.02% Libertarian   1.79%

Senate seats Republican   91.67% Democratic   8.33%

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District 35	Democratic (flip)	1.8%
District 39	Republican	9.6%
District 45	Republican	15.0%
District 9	Republican	16.2%

Summary of results by State Senate District

State Senate District[2]	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Oklahoma 1	Micheal Bergstrom		Rep	Micheal Bergstrom		Rep
Oklahoma 3	Wayne Shaw*		Rep	Blake Stephens		Rep
Oklahoma 5	Joseph Silk		Rep	George Burns		Rep
Oklahoma 7	Larry Boggs*		Rep	Warren Hamilton		Rep
Oklahoma 9	Dewayne Pemberton		Rep	Dewayne Pemberton		Rep
Oklahoma 11	Kevin Matthews		Dem	Kevin Matthews		Dem
Oklahoma 13	Greg McCortney		Rep	Greg McCortney		Rep
Oklahoma 15	Rob Standridge		Rep	Rob Standridge		Rep
Oklahoma 17	Ron Sharp*		Rep	Shane Jett		Rep
Oklahoma 19	Roland Pederson		Rep	Roland Pederson		Rep
Oklahoma 21	Tom J. Dugger		Rep	Tom J. Dugger		Rep
Oklahoma 23	Lonnie Paxton		Rep	Lonnie Paxton		Rep
Oklahoma 25	Joe Newhouse		Rep	Joe Newhouse		Rep
Oklahoma 27	Casey Murdock		Rep	Casey Murdock		Rep
Oklahoma 29	Julie Daniels		Rep	Julie Daniels		Rep
Oklahoma 31	Chris Kidd		Rep	Chris Kidd		Rep
Oklahoma 33	Nathan Dahm		Rep	Nathan Dahm		Rep
Oklahoma 35	Gary Stanislawski		Rep	Jo Anna Dossett		Dem
Oklahoma 37	Allison Ikley-Freeman		Dem	Cody Rogers		Rep
Oklahoma 39	David Rader		Rep	David Rader		Rep
Oklahoma 41	Adam Pugh		Rep	Adam Pugh		Rep
Oklahoma 43	Paul Scott*		Rep	Jessica Garvin		Rep
Oklahoma 45	Paul Rosino		Rep	Paul Rosino		Rep
Oklahoma 47	Greg Treat		Rep	Greg Treat		Rep

Detailed results by State Senate District

District 1

Oklahoma 1st State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Micheal Bergstrom (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 3

Oklahoma 3rd State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Stephens	22,988	79.5%
	Democratic	Dyllon Fite	5,929	20.5%
Total votes			28,917	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 5

Oklahoma 5th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Burns	21,746	78.8%
	Democratic	Randy Coleman	5,855	21.2%
Total votes			27,601	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 7

Oklahoma 7th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Hamilton	18,062	74.8%
	Democratic	Jerry Donathan	6,085	25.2%
Total votes			24,147	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

Oklahoma 9th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dewayne Pemberton (incumbent)	15,719	58.1%
	Democratic	Jack Reavis	11,333	41.9%
Total votes			27,052	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 11

Oklahoma 11th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Matthews (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Democratic hold

District 13

Oklahoma 13th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg McCortney (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 15

Oklahoma 15th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Standridge (incumbent)	24,436	60.9%
	Democratic	Alex Scott	15,680	39.1%
Total votes			40,116	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 17

Oklahoma 17th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shane Jett	25,395	76.5%
	Libertarian	Greg Sadler	7,819	23.5%
Total votes			33,214	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

Oklahoma 19th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roland Pederson (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 21

Oklahoma 21st State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom J. Dugger (incumbent)	18,774	64.0%
	Democratic	Rick Dunham	10,577	36.0%
Total votes			29,351	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 23

Oklahoma 23rd State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lonnie Paxton (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 25

Oklahoma 25th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Newhouse (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 27

Oklahoma 27th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Murdock (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 29

Oklahoma 29th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julie Daniels (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 31

Oklahoma 31st State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Kidd (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 33

Oklahoma 33rd State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Dahm (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 35

Oklahoma 35th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jo Anna Dossett	18,324	50.9%
	Republican	Cheryl Baber	17,677	49.1%
Total votes			36,001	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 37

Oklahoma 37th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cody Rogers	22,693	67.1%
	Democratic	Allison Ikley-Freeman (incumbent)	11,141	32.9%
Total votes			33,834	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

Oklahoma 39th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rader (incumbent)	20,493	54.8%
	Democratic	Shawna Mott-Wright	16,889	45.2%
Total votes			37,382	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 41

Oklahoma 41st State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Pugh (incumbent)	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

District 43

Oklahoma 43rd State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jessica Garvin	30,383	82.2%
	Democratic	Terri Reimer	6,588	17.8%
Total votes			36,971	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 45

Oklahoma 45th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Rosino (incumbent)	23,352	67.2%
	Democratic	Jennifer Wilkinson	11,373	32.8%
Total votes			34,725	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 47

Oklahoma 47th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Treat (incumbent)	26,647	57.5%
	Democratic	Andrea Stone	19,732	42.5%
Total votes			46,379	100.0%
	Republican hold

Special elections

District 28

A special election for Oklahoma State Senate District 28 has been called for November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for June 30, 2020. The candidate filing deadline was April 10, 2020. The seat became vacant after Jason Smalley resigned his seat on January 31, 2020, to take a private-sector job with Motorola Solutions Corporation.^[3]

Republican primary

Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Zack Taylor	5,679	59.3%
	Republican	Mike Haines	3,197	33.4%
	Republican	Christian Ford	698	7.3%
Total votes			9,574	100.0%

General election

Oklahoma 28th State Senate District General Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Zack Taylor	—	Uncontested
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

See also

• List of Oklahoma state legislatures

Notes

1. The general election was canceled in districts 1, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 41.
2. The general election was canceled in district 11.