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1994 Senate elections · Oklahoma history

Oklahoma U.S. Senate election 1994 (special)

James M. Inhofe REP +15.3 gain · Class II seat · held 11/8/94

Votes counted
982,430
Margin
15.3 pts
Seat held by
Democraticchanged party

General election 11/8/94

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
James M. Inhofe WonREP542,39055.21%
Dave McCurdyDEM392,48839.95%
Danny CornIND47,5524.84%
Total982,430

Official source: data

Other Oklahoma Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIIJames Lankford32.2
2022 specialClass IIMarkwayne Mullin26.5
2020Class IIJames M. Inhofe30.2
2016Class IIIJames Lankford43.2
2014Class IIJames M. Inhofe39.5
2014 specialClass IIIJames Lankford38.9
2010Class IIITom Coburn44.5
2008Class IIJames M. Inhofe17.5
2004Class IIITom Coburn11.5
2002Class IIJames M. Inhofe21.0
1998Class IIIDon Nickles35.1
1996Class IIJames M. Inhofe16.6

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1994 Oklahoma Senate race (special election)?

James M. Inhofe (REP) won with 55.2% of the vote, ahead of Dave McCurdy (40.0%), a margin of 15.3 points.

Did the Oklahoma Senate seat change party in 1994?

Yes. It moved from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

How many votes were cast in the 1994 Oklahoma Senate race?

982,430 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.