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2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →
  Jim Inhofe official portrait.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Jim Inhofe Abby Broyles
Party Republican Democrat
Popular vote 979,140 509,763
Percentage 62.9% 32.8%

2020 Oklahoma Senate Results by County.svg
County results
Inhofe:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. Senator before election

Jim Inhofe
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Inhofe
Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The three people in the election were Jim Inhofe (Republican Party), Abby Broyles (Democratic Party), and Robert Murphy (Libertarian Party). Jim Inhofe won the election and went back to the Senate for the fourth time.

There were two primary elections. They election was on June 30, 2020. One was for the Republican Party and one for the Democratic Party. Four people were in the Republican primary election and the Democrat primary election. Jim Inhofe won the Republican Party primary and Abby Broyles won the Democratic Party primary.

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 277,868 74.05%
Republican J.J. Stitt 57,433 15.31%
Republican John Tompkins 23,563 6.28%
Republican Neil Mavis 16,363 4.36%
Total votes 375,227 100.0%

Democratic Party primary

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Abby Broyles 163,921 60.45%
Democratic Elysabeth Britt 45,206 16.67%
Democratic Sheila Bilyeu 32,350 11.93%
Democratic R. O. Joe Cassity, Jr. 29,698 10.95%
Total votes 271,175 100.0%

Results

United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 979,140 62.91% -5.10%
Democratic Abby Broyles 509,763 32.75% +4.20%
Libertarian Robert Murphy 34,435 2.21% N/A
Independent Joan Farr 21,652 1.39% +0.11%
Independent A. D. Nesbit 11,371 0.73% N/A
Total votes 1,556,361 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

See also

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