1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
(Redirected from United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 1996)
The 1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, first elected in a 1994 special election, won re-election to his first full term. This election is the first time that a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma was re-elected to the Class 2 Senate seat from Oklahoma.
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County results Inhofe: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Boren: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Jim Inhofe, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Dan Lowe
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James M. Inhofe (Incumbent) | 116,241 | 75.34% | |
Republican | Dan Lowe | 38,044 | 24.66% | |
Total votes | 154,285 | 100.00% |
Libertarian primary edit
Candidates edit
- Michael A. Clem
- Agnes Marie Regier
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Agnes Marie Regier | 1,511 | 51.39% | |
Libertarian | Michael A. Clem | 1,429 | 48.61% | |
Total votes | 2,940 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Don McCorkell
- Jim Boren, former chief of staff to Senator Ralph Yarborough
- David Louis Annanders
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Boren | 186,611 | 55.53% | |
Democratic | Don McCorkell | 122,635 | 36.49% | |
Democratic | David Louis Annanders | 26,794 | 7.97% | |
Total votes | 336,040 | 100.00% |
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Inhofe (incumbent) | 670,610 | 56.68% | |
Democratic | Jim Boren | 474,162 | 40.08% | |
Independent | Bill Maguire | 15,092 | 1.28% | |
Libertarian | Agnes Marie Regier | 14,595 | 1.23% | |
Independent | Chris Nedbalek | 8,691 | 0.73% | |
Republican hold |
See also edit
References edit