Political party strength in Oklahoma

The following tables indicate the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Oklahoma:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
State Auditor, State Examiner and Inspector, and State Auditor and Inspector
State Treasurer
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioner of Labor
Commissioner of Insurance

The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1907–1978

Year	Executive offices										State Legislature		Corp. Comm.	United States Congress			Electoral votes
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State	Attorney General	Auditor	Examiner & Inspector	Treasurer	Supt. of Pub. Inst.	Labor Comm.	Ins. Comm.	Senate	House	Corp. Comm.	Senator (Class II)	Senator (Class III)	House
1907	Charles N. Haskell (D)	George W. Bellamy (D)	William Macklin Cross (D)^[a]	Charles West (D)	Martin E. Trapp (D)	Charles A. Taylor (D)^[a]	James Menefee (D)	Evan Dhu Cameron (D)	Charles L. Daugherty (D)	T. J. McComb (D)^[b]	39D, 5R	92D, 17R	3D	Robert L. Owen (D)	Thomas Gore (D)	4D, 1R
1908											39D, 5R	92D, 17R				4D, 1R	Bryan/ Kern (D) N
1909											34D, 10R	68D, 41R				3R, 2D
1910			Thomas Smith (D)^[c]							Milas Lasater (D)^[c]	34D, 10R	68D, 41R				3R, 2D
1911	Lee Cruce (D)	J. J. McAlester (D)	Benjamin F. Harrison (D)^[b]		Leo Meyer (D)^[b]		Robert Dunlop (D)	R. H. Wilson (D)		P. A. Ballard (D)^[b]	31D, 13R	82D, 27R				3D, 2R
1912					Leo Meyer (D)^[b]	Fred Parkinson (D)^[c]				P. A. Ballard (D)^[b]	31D, 13R	82D, 27R				3D, 2R	Wilson/ Marshall (D) Y
1913					Joseph C. McClelland (D)					A. L. Welch (D)^[b]^[c]	36D, 8R	80D, 18R				6D, 2R
1914					Joseph C. McClelland (D)						36D, 8R	80D, 18R				6D, 2R
1915	Robert L. Williams (D)	Martin E. Trapp (D)	S. L. Lyon (D)^[d]	Sargent Prentiss Freeling (D)	Everette B. Howard (D)		W. L. Alexander (D)		W. G. Ashton (D)^[b]		38D, 5R, 1Soc	75D, 17R, 5Soc				7D, 1R
1916												75D, 17R, 5Soc				7D, 1R
1917												85D, 26R				6D, 2R
1918									Claude Connally (D)^[c]			85D, 26R
1919	James B. A. Robertson (D)		Joe Morris (D)		Frank C. Carter (D)		A. N. Leecraft (D)				34D, 10R	74D, 30R
1920										E. W. Hardon (D)^[b]^[c]	34D, 10R	74D, 30R					Harding/ Coolidge (R) Y
1921											27D, 17R	55R, 47D	2D, 1R		John W. Harreld (R)	5R, 3D
1922											27D, 17R	55R, 47D				5R, 3D
1923	Jack C. Walton (D)^[e]		Richard A. Sneed (D)	George Short (D)	C. C. Childers (D)	George J. Mechling (D)	A. S. J. Shaw (D)	M. A. Nash (D)^[b]			32D, 12R	93D, 14R				7D, 1R
1924	Martin E. Trapp (D)	vacant								Jess G. Read (D)^[a]^[c]	32D, 12R	93D, 14R				7D, 1R	Davis/ Bryan (D) N
1925											38D, 6R	81D, 27R		William B. Pine (R)		6D, 2R
1926											38D, 6R	81D, 27R				6D, 2R
1927	Henry S. Johnston (D) ^[e]	William J. Holloway (D)	John Graves Leeper (D)	Ed Dabney (D)	A. S. J. Shaw (D)	John Rogers (D)^[a]	Richard A. Sneed (D)	John S. Vaughan (D)^[b]^[c]	W. A. Pat Murphy (D)		35D, 9R	87D, 21R	3D		Elmer Thomas (D)	7D, 1R
1928	Henry S. Johnston (D) ^[e]	William J. Holloway (D)									35D, 9R	87D, 21R	3D			7D, 1R	Hoover/ Curtis (R) Y
1929	William J. Holloway (D)	vacant									32D, 12R	56D, 47R	2D, 1R			5D, 3R
1930	William J. Holloway (D)	vacant										56D, 47R				5D, 3R
1931	William H. Murray (D)	Robert Burns (D)	Richard A. Sneed (D)	J. Berry King (D)	Frank C. Carter (D)		Ray Weems (D)					88D, 9R		Thomas Gore (D)		7D, 1R
1932												88D, 9R				7D, 1R	Roosevelt/ Garner (D) Y
1933											39D, 5R	113D, 4R, 1I				8D, 1D
1934											39D, 5R	113D, 4R, 1I
1935	E. W. Marland (D)	James E. Berry (D)	Frank C. Carter (D)	Mac Q. Williamson (D)	C. C. Childers (D)		Hubert L. Bolen (D)^[c]^[f]				43D, 1R	112D, 7R, 1I	3D
1936											43D, 1R	112D, 7R, 1I
1937								A. L. Crable (D)^[c]			44D	114D, 3R		Joshua B. Lee (D)
1938											44D	114D, 3R
1939	Leon C. Phillips (D)		C. C. Childers (D)		Frank C. Carter (D)		Carl B. Sebring (D)				43D, 1R	102D, 13R
1940											43D, 1R	102D, 13R					Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) Y
1941											42D, 2R	114D, 7R				8D, 1R
1942											42D, 2R	114D, 7R				8D, 1R
1943	Robert S. Kerr (D)		Frank C. Carter (D)^[b]	Randell S. Cobb (D)^[c]	C. C. Childers (D)		A. S. J. Shaw (D)				40D, 4R	93D, 24R		Edward H. Moore (R)		7D, 1R
1944											40D, 4R	93D, 24R				7D, 1R	Roosevelt/ Truman (D) Y
1945											38D, 6R	98D, 22R				6D, 2R
1946			Katherine Manton (D)^[c]	Mac Q. Williamson (D)		Charles G. Morris (D)^[a]^[c]					38D, 6R	98D, 22R
1947	Roy J. Turner (D)		Wilburn Cartwright (D)		A. S. J. Shaw (D)		John D. Conner (D)	Oliver Hodge (D)	Jim Hughes (D)	Donald F. Dickey (D)^[c]	37D, 7R	95D, 23R
1948											37D, 7R	95D, 23R					Truman/ Barkley (D) Y
1949											39D, 5R	103D, 12R		Robert S. Kerr (D)^[a]		8D
1950											39D, 5R	103D, 12R				8D
1951	Johnston Murray (D)		John D. Conner (D)		Wilburn Cartwright (D)		A. S. J. Shaw (D)				41D, 3R	99D, 19R			Mike Monroney (D)	6D, 2R
1952											41D, 3R	99D, 19R				6D, 2R	Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) Y
1953											38D, 6R	104D, 20R				5D, 1R
1954						Scott Burson (D)^[c]					38D, 6R	104D, 20R
1955	Raymond D. Gary (D)	Cowboy Pink Williams (D)	Andy Anderson (D)		A. S. J. Shaw (D)		John D. Conner (D)			Joe B. Hunt (D)^[a]	39D, 5R	102D, 19R
1956											39D, 5R	102D, 19R
1957											41D, 3R	101D, 20R
1958												101D, 20R
1959	J. Howard Edmondson (D)^[b]	George Nigh (D)	John D. Conner (D)^[a]		Andy Anderson (D)	John M. Rogers (D)	William A. Burkhart (D)					110D, 9R
1960			William N. Christian (D)^[c]									110D, 9R					Nixon/ Lodge (R) N
1961											40D, 4R	107D, 14R
1962											40D, 4R	107D, 14R
1963	George Nigh (D)	vacant	James M. Bullard (D)	Charles R. Nesbitt (D)	A. F. Shaw (D)		Cowboy Pink Williams (D)		W. T. Hughes (D)		38D, 6R	96D, 24R		J. Howard Edmondson (D)^[c]
1963	Henry Bellmon (R)	Leo Winters (D)
1964																	Johnson/ Humphrey (D) Y
1965											41D, 7R	78D, 21R		Fred R. Harris (D)		4D, 2R
1966											41D, 7R	78D, 21R
1967	Dewey F. Bartlett (R)	George Nigh (D)	John Rogers (D)^[b]	G. T. Blankenship (R)	Joe Bailey Cobb (D)^[b]		Leo Winters (D)		L. E. Bailey (R)		39D, 9R	74D, 25R
1968											39D, 9R	74D, 25R					Nixon/ Agnew (R) Y
1969											38D, 10R	76D, 23R			Henry Bellmon (R)
1970											38D, 10R	76D, 23R
1971	David Hall (D)			Larry Derryberry (D)				Leslie Fisher (D)	Wilbur Wright (D)^[b]		39D, 9R	78D, 21R
1972									Wilbur Wright (D)^[b]		39D, 9R	78D, 21R
1973									L. P. Williams (D)		38D, 10R	75D, 26R		Dewey F. Bartlett (R)		5D, 1R
1974									L. P. Williams (D)		38D, 10R	75D, 26R
1975	David Boren (D)								Wilbur Wright (D)^[b]	Gerald Grimes (D)^[c]	39D, 9R	76D, 25R
1976			appointed position^[g]						William E. Foster (D)^[c]^[h]			76D, 25R					Ford/ Dole (R) N
1977												78D, 23R
1978					Ray Parr (D)^[c]							78D, 23R

1979–present

Year	Executive offices								State Legislature		Corp. Comm.	United States Congress			Electoral votes
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Attorney General	Auditor & Inspector	Treasurer	Supt. of Pub. Inst.	Labor Comm.	Ins. Comm.	Senate	House	Corp. Comm.	Senator (Class II)	Senator (Class III)	House	Electoral votes
1979	George Nigh (D)	Spencer Bernard (D)	Jan Eric Cartwright (D)	Tom Daxon (R)	Leo Winters (D)	Leslie Fisher (D)^[b]	William R. Paulk (D)^[c]	Gerald Grimes (D)^[b]	39D, 9R	75D, 26R	3D	David Boren (D)	Henry Bellmon (R)	5D, 1R
1980									39D, 9R	75D, 26R			Henry Bellmon (R)		Reagan/ Bush (R) Y
1981									37D, 11R	73D, 28R			Don Nickles (R)
1982									37D, 11R	73D, 28R
1983			Mike Turpen (D)	Clifton Scott (D)					34D, 14R	76D, 25R
1984										76D, 25R
1985						John Folks (D)^[b]^[c]				70D, 31R
1986
1987	Henry Bellmon (R)	Robert S. Kerr III (D)	Robert Harlan Henry (D)		Ellis Edwards (D)		Dean Calhoon (R)^[c]		31D, 17R					4D, 2R
1988									31D, 17R						Bush/ Quayle (R) Y
1989						Gerald E. Hoeltzel (R)^[c]			33D, 15R	69D, 32R	2D, 1R
1990						Gerald E. Hoeltzel (R)^[c]	Ira Phillips (R)^[c]		33D, 15R		2D, 1R
1991	David Walters (D)	Jack Mildren (D)	Susan B. Loving (D)		Claudette Henry (R)	Sandy Garrett (D)	Dave Renfro (D)^[i]		37D, 11R		2R, 1D
1992								Cathy Weatherford (D)^[c]							Bush/ Quayle (R) N
1993										68D, 33R
1994
1994												Jim Inhofe (R)^[j]		3R, 3D^[k]
1995	Frank Keating (R)	Mary Fallin (R)	Drew Edmondson (D)		Robert Butkin (D)^[b]		Brenda Reneau (R)	John P. Crawford (R)	35D, 13R	65D, 36R				5R, 1D
1996									35D, 13R					5R, 1D	Dole/ Kemp (R) N
1997									33D, 15R		3R^[l]			6R
1998
1999								Carroll Fisher^[b]		61D, 40R
2000										61D, 40R					Bush/ Cheney (R) Y
2001									30D, 18R	53D, 48R				5R, 1D
2002									30D, 18R					5R, 1D
2003	Brad Henry (D)			Jeff McMahan (D)^[b]					28D, 20R					4R, 1D
2004									28D, 20R
2005									26D, 22R	57R, 44D			Tom Coburn (R)
2005					Scott Meacham (D)^[c]			Kim Holland (D)^[c]	26D, 22R
2006									25D, 23R^[m]
2006									26D, 22R^[n]
2007		Jari Askins (D)					Lloyd Fields (D)		24D, 24R		2R, 1D^[o]
2008															McCain/ Palin (R) N
2008				Steve Burrage (D)^[c]
2009									26R, 22D	61R, 40D	3R
2010									26R, 22D	62R, 39D^[p]
2011	Mary Fallin (R)	Todd Lamb (R)	Scott Pruitt (R)^[q]	Gary Jones (R)	Ken A. Miller (R)	Janet Barresi (R)	Mark Costello (R)^[a]	John D. Doak (R)	32R, 16D	70R, 31D
2012									32R, 16D	67R, 31D, 3 vac.					Romney/ Ryan (R) N
2013									36R, 12D	72R, 29D				5R
2014									36R, 12D
2015						Joy Hofmeister (R)			40R, 8D				James Lankford (R)
2016							Melissa Houston (R)		39R, 9D^[r]	71R, 30D^[s]					Trump/ Pence (R) Y
2017			Michael J. Hunter (R)^[t]						42R, 6D	75R, 26D
2018									42R, 6D	75R, 26D
2019	Kevin Stitt (R)	Matt Pinnell (R)		Cindy Byrd (R)	Randy McDaniel (R)		Leslie Osborn (R)	Glen Mulready (R)	39R, 9D	77R, 24D				4R, 1D
2020										77R, 24D				4R, 1D	Trump/ Pence (R) N
2021			John M. O'Connor (R)^[c]^[9]			Joy Hofmeister (D)				82R, 19D				5R
2022			John M. O'Connor (R)^[c]^[9]			Joy Hofmeister (D)				82R, 18D^[10]
2023			Gentner Drummond (R)		Todd Russ (R)	Ryan Walters (R)			40R, 8D	81R, 20D		Markwayne Mullin (R)
2024			Gentner Drummond (R)		Todd Russ (R)	Ryan Walters (R)			40R, 8D	81R, 20D		Markwayne Mullin (R)			^{[to be determined]}

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)

Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)

Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)

Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)

Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Died in office.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Resigned.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
^ Before Lyon's swearing-in on January 11, B.F. Harrison resigned on January 2, and H. G. Oliver was appointed for the nine-day interim.
^ ^a ^b Impeached.
^ A Democrat, Hugh L. Harrell, won the Treasurer’s race in 1934, but resigned after just a few weeks into his term to become President of the Wichita Land Bank, leading to Bolen’s appointment.^[1]
^ After an amendment was passed in 1975, the office was to no longer be elected but, rather, appointed by the Governor. This was to go into effect in 1979, but due to John Roger's early resignation, the amendment de facto went into effect early.
^ Office became an appointed position by the Governor.
^ Office became an elected statewide position again.
^ Elected in special election in November 1994 to succeed Boren.
^ Frank Lucas, a Republican won a special election in May to succeed Democrat Glenn English.
^ Democratic Corporation Commissioner Cody L. Graves resigned; Denise Bode, a Republican, was appointed by Gov. Keating to replace him.^[2]
^ A Republican, Mike Schulz, won a special election in May in District 38 to succeed Democrat Robert M. Kerr, flipping the seat.^[3]
^ Nancy Riley of District 37 switched parties from Republican to Democratic in August after losing the Lt. Gubernatorial primary.^[4]
^ Republican Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode resigned; Jim Roth, a Democrat, was appointed by Gov. Henry to replace him.^[2]
^ A Republican, Todd Russ, won a special election to succeed Ryan McMullen, a Democrat who resigned to take an appointment in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.^[5]
^ Resigned after being appointed Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.^[6]
^ A Democrat, J. J. Dossett, won a special election vacated after Rick Brinkley, a Republican, resigned his seat after being charged with embezzlement from the Better Business Bureau.^[7]
^ A Democrat, Cyndi Munson, won a special election after David Dank, the Republican incumbent, died.^[8]
^ Appointed to replace Pruitt. Kara Rodriguez (R) was acting Attorney General from February 17–20.

References

^ "Treasurer Bolen had knack for backing winners". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ ^a ^b Commissioner Chronology
^ Oklahoma Senate Biographies: Mike Schulz
^ "Sen. Nancy Riley re-registers as Democrat". Oklahoman.com. 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Representative takes Oklahoma House post". Oklahoman.com. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Trump to tap Oklahoma attorney general to lead EPA: transition team". Reuters. December 7, 2016.
^ Krehbiel, Randy. "Democrat J.J. Dossett elected in state Senate District 34". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ Griffin, David. "Democrat Cyndi Munson Wins Rep. David Dank's Seat". www.news9.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
^ "Stitt taps Tulsa man for AG despite 'not qualified' rating". Associated Press. 23 July 2021.
^ "Oklahoma House Rep resigns over inappropriate actions". 20 January 2022.

[died-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Died in office.

[resigned-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Resigned.

[app-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.

[4] Before Lyon's swearing-in on January 11, B.F. Harrison resigned on January 2, and H. G. Oliver was appointed for the nine-day interim.

[impeached-5] Impeached.

[7] A Democrat, Hugh L. Harrell, won the Treasurer’s race in 1934, but resigned after just a few weeks into his term to become President of the Wichita Land Bank, leading to Bolen’s appointment.^[1]

[8] After an amendment was passed in 1975, the office was to no longer be elected but, rather, appointed by the Governor. This was to go into effect in 1979, but due to John Roger's early resignation, the amendment de facto went into effect early.

[9] Office became an appointed position by the Governor.

[10] Office became an elected statewide position again.

[11] Elected in special election in November 1994 to succeed Boren.

[12] Frank Lucas, a Republican won a special election in May to succeed Democrat Glenn English.

[14] Democratic Corporation Commissioner Cody L. Graves resigned; Denise Bode, a Republican, was appointed by Gov. Keating to replace him.^[2]

[16] A Republican, Mike Schulz, won a special election in May in District 38 to succeed Democrat Robert M. Kerr, flipping the seat.^[3]

[18] Nancy Riley of District 37 switched parties from Republican to Democratic in August after losing the Lt. Gubernatorial primary.^[4]

[19] Republican Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode resigned; Jim Roth, a Democrat, was appointed by Gov. Henry to replace him.^[2]

[21] A Republican, Todd Russ, won a special election to succeed Ryan McMullen, a Democrat who resigned to take an appointment in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.^[5]

[23] Resigned after being appointed Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.^[6]

[25] A Democrat, J. J. Dossett, won a special election vacated after Rick Brinkley, a Republican, resigned his seat after being charged with embezzlement from the Better Business Bureau.^[7]

[27] A Democrat, Cyndi Munson, won a special election after David Dank, the Republican incumbent, died.^[8]

[28] Appointed to replace Pruitt. Kara Rodriguez (R) was acting Attorney General from February 17–20.

[6] "Treasurer Bolen had knack for backing winners". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[commchron-13] Commissioner Chronology

[15] Oklahoma Senate Biographies: Mike Schulz

[17] "Sen. Nancy Riley re-registers as Democrat". Oklahoman.com. 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[20] "Representative takes Oklahoma House post". Oklahoman.com. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[22] "Trump to tap Oklahoma attorney general to lead EPA: transition team". Reuters. December 7, 2016.

[24] Krehbiel, Randy. "Democrat J.J. Dossett elected in state Senate District 34". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[26] Griffin, David. "Democrat Cyndi Munson Wins Rep. David Dank's Seat". www.news9.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.

[29] "Stitt taps Tulsa man for AG despite 'not qualified' rating". Associated Press. 23 July 2021.

[30] "Oklahoma House Rep resigns over inappropriate actions". 20 January 2022.

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