2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
	Lankford: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Horn: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50% No votes
U.S. senator before election; James Lankford; Republican	Elected U.S. senator ; James Lankford; Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma.^[1] Incumbent senator James Lankford won re-election to a second full term, defeating cybersecurity professional Madison Horn (no relation to former U.S. Representative Kendra Horn, who ran for the concurrent special election to the Class II seat) in a landslide, winning all 77 counties by more than 50% of the vote in each one.

Lankford was first elected in 2014 special election with 68% of the vote, succeeding retiring fellow Republican Tom Coburn.^[2] He won re-election to a first full term in 2016 with 68% of the vote.^[3]

The primary elections for the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28, 2022, with runoffs taking place on August 23, 2022.^[1] All candidates had to file between the days of April 13–15, 2022.^[1]

Despite his comfortable victory, with slightly over 64% of the vote received this was Lankford's worst performance in his career, compared to his previous two elections where won nearly 68%. This also marked the best performance by a Democratic candidate since 2004 in the Class III seat.

^ ^a ^b ^c "2022 Statutory Election Dates and Deadlines" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
^ "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 4, 2014". Oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 8, 2016". Oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[2022_Election_Dates_&_Deadlines-1] "2022 Statutory Election Dates and Deadlines" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

[2] "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 4, 2014". Oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[3] "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 8, 2016". Oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

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