Oklahoma State Senate Elections, 2010

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Oklahoma State Senate elections, 2010

Majority control • Campaign contributions

Qualifications • Competitiveness analysis

State Legislative Election Results

List of candidates District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46 • District 48

Oklahoma State Senate

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was June 9, 2010. The primary was July 27, 2010.

In Oklahoma, senators serve four-year terms with a limit of a combined total of twelve years served in the Senate and House of Representatives.

There were 24 seats up for election in the Oklahoma senate. Incumbents ran for re-election in 16 of those races. Of the remaining 8 districts, 6 incumbents were ineligible to run because of term limits.

See also: Oklahoma State Senate and State senate elections, 2010

November 2 General Election Results[edit]

The following candidates won on November 2, 2010:

Majority control[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 2 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Oklahoma State Senate:

Campaign contributions[edit]

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Oklahoma in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.^[1]

During the 2010 election, the total contributions to the 54 Senate candidates was $7,416,467. The top 10 contributors were:^[2]

Qualifications[edit]

Article 5, Section 17 of the Oklahoma Constitution states: Members of the Senate shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and members of the House of Representatives twenty-one years of age at the time of their election. They shall be qualified electors in their respective counties or districts and shall reside in their respective counties or districts during their term of office.

Term limits[edit]

See also: State legislatures with term limits

The Oklahoma State Senate has been a term-limited state senate in Oklahoma voters approved State Question 632 in 1990, as an initiated constitutional amendment. This amendment became part of Section 17A of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution and limits the amount of time that an Oklahoma State Senator can serve to a cumulative total of 12 years in either or both chambers of the Oklahoma State Legislature.

Altogether, there are 48 Oklahoma State Senators. In 2010, six of them who are current members were ineligible to run for the senate again in November. A sixth current state senator, Mary Easley, technically could run again but because of the timing of when she first began to serve in the state legislature, she could only hold office for four months. Thus, she is included in a list below of six members who are affected by term limits in this year's senate elections:

Democrats (4):

• Joe Sweeden
• Johnnie Crutchfield
• Kenneth Corn
• Mary Easley

Republicans (2):

• Glenn Coffee
• Mike Johnson (Oklahoma)
• Randy Brogdon

Incumbency[edit]

Unopposed incumbents[edit]

There were 16 incumbents seeking re-election. 8 incumbents (43.8% of those seeking re-election) faced no primary or general election challenger.

• 3 Democratic incumbents faced no November challenger.
• 5 GOP incumbents faced no November challenger.

Primary challenges[edit]

Only 4 incumbents (25% of those seeking re-election) faced competition in the July 27 primary. All 4 defeated their primary opponents. These incumbents are as follows:

• District 24: Incumbent Republican Anthony Sykes
• District 28: Incumbent Republican Harry Coates
• District 44: Incumbent Republican Cliff Aldridge
• District 48: Incumbent Democrat Constance Johnson

Retiring incumbents[edit]

1 incumbent senator (4.2% of all incumbents) chose not to run for re-election, while 16 incumbents (66.6% of all incumbents) ran for re-election. The retirees are as follows:

• District 44: Incumbent Democrat Debbe Leftwich

List of candidates[edit]

District 2[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Sean Burrage, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• No Republican candidates filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Sean Burrage

District 4[edit]

Kenneth Corn (D), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002 and could not seek re-election due to term limits. Corn was the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Neil Brannon:9,127 a Brannon was first elected to District 3 in the Oklahoma House in 2002.
• Mark Cornell: 2,245

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Mark Allen: 1,526 a
• Tom Lannigan: 408

November 2 General election candidates:

Neil Brannon 9,451

Mark Allen 9,974

District 6[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Jay Paul Gumm, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Josh Brecheen

November 2 General election candidates:

Jay Paul Gumm 8,925

Josh Brecheen 11,719

District 8[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Roger Ballenger, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Janica Edmonds

November 2 General election candidates:

Roger Ballenger 10,564

Janica Edmonds 9,064

District 10[edit]

Note: Joe Sweeden (D), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006 and could not seek re-election due to term limits.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Dale Christenson Jr.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Eddie Fields:3,127 a was first elected to District 36 in the Oklahoma House in 2006.
• David McLain: 1,888

November 2 General election candidates:

Dale Christenson Jr. 8,641

Eddie Fields 14,324

District 12[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Brian Bingman (R), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

November 2 General election candidates:

Brian Bingman

District 14[edit]

Johnnie Crutchfield (D), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 1998 and could not seek re-election due to term limits.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Donna Spring: 3,343
• Darryl Roberts: 3,665a

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Frank Simpson: 1,611 a
• Johnny Loard: 869

November 2 General election candidates:

Darryl Roberts 7,987

Frank Simpson 13,408

District 16[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• John Sparks (D), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Sharon Parker

November 2 General election candidates:

John Sparks 10,507

Sharon Parker 9,460

District 18[edit]

Mary Easley (D), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2004 and could not seek re-election due to term limits.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Janice Aldridge

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Kim David

November 2 General election candidates:

Janice Aldridge 6,902

Kim David 13,334

District 20[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• David Myers, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002.

July 27 Independent primary result:

• Ronald Buck filed to run as an independent but was stricken from the ballot.

November 2 General election candidates:

David Myers

District 22[edit]

Note: Mike Johnson (R), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 1998 and could not seek re-election due to term limits.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Bob Bradway: 1,891
• Bob Barnett: 2,606
• Rob Johnson: 5,214 a son of the incumbent, represented District 59 in the Oklahoma House from 2004 to 2008.

November 2 General election candidates:

Rob Johnson

District 24[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Susan Hardy Brooks (withdrew from November election)
• John Branum (withdrew from primary)

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Anthony Sykes: 5,060 a incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.
• Linda Molsbee: 1,514

July 27 Independent primary result:

• Jason Williford filed to run as an independent but was stricken from the ballot.

November 2 General election candidates:

Anthony Sykes

District 26[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Tom Ivester, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• No Republican candidates filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Tom Ivester

District 28[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Harry Coates: 2,899 aincumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002.
• Tim Clem: 2,434

November 2 General election candidates:

Harry Coates

District 30[edit]

Note: Glenn Coffee (R), the District 30 incumbent, was first elected to this district in 1998 and could not seek re-election due to term limits.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• David Holt: 5,125 a
• Matt Jackson: 2,934

November 2 General election candidates:

David Holt

District 32[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Randy Bass, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2004.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• No Republican candidates filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Randy Bass

District 34[edit]

Note: Randy Brogdon (R), the District 34 incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002, but did not run for re-election to the seat. Brogdon lost a primary bid to be the Republican Party's nominee for Governor of Oklahoma.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Rick Brinkley: 4,727 a
• Tim Coager: 2,502

November 2 General election candidates:

Rick Brinkley

District 36[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Bill Brown (R), incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

November 2 General election candidates:

Bill Brown

District 38[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Mike Schulz, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

November 2 General election candidates:

Mike Schulz

District 40[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Liz Donnelly(withdrew from November election)

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Cliff Branan, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002.

November 2 General election candidates:

Cliff Branan

District 42[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Mike Kelly

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Cliff Aldridge: 4,213 a incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2002.
• James Lane: 1,306

July 27 Independent primary result:

• Jerry Lee Nowell filed to run as an independent but was stricken from the ballot.

November 2 General election candidates:

Mike Kelly 6,934

Cliff Aldridge 14,954

District 44[edit]

Note: Debbe Leftwich (D), incumbent, was first elected to District 44 in 2003 and did not seek re-election in the 2010 state senate elections.

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Randy Rose

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Jay Means withdrew
• Ralph Shortey: 941
• Charles L. Peters: 164
• Bing Wines: 137
• James Davenport: 1,239 a

August 24 Republican primary runoff:

• Ralph Shortey: 1,306 a
• James Davenport: 934

November 2 General election candidates:

Randy Rose 4,509

Ralph Shortey 6,060

District 46[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Andrew Rice, incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2006.

July 27 GOP primary result:

• Joshua Jantz

November 2 General election candidates:

Andrew Rice 7,548

Joshua Jantz 3,507

District 48[edit]

July 27 Democratic primary result:

• Constance Johnson:4,295 a incumbent, was first elected to this district in 2005.
• Steven Davis: 602
• Mark P. Temple:1,139
• Clyde E. Madden: 296

July 27 GOP primary result:

• No Republican candidates filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Constance Johnson

See also[edit]

• Oklahoma State Senate
• Oklahoma State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2010
• Primary election dates in 2010

External links[edit]

• Oklahoma State Election Board, Official Results
• Official list of 2010 candidates for Oklahoma federal, state, legislative, and judicial offices
• Oklahoma Democratic Party's list of 2010 candidates
• Oklahoma Republican Party's list of 2010 candidates
• Project Vote Smart list of candidates for Oklahoma State Senate in the November 2, 2010 election

Footnotes[edit]