United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2014

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See also: Oklahoma elections, 2014
United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2014
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Nominee Jim Inhofe Matt Silverstein
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 558,166 234,307
Percentage 68% 29%
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County results
U.S. senator before election

Jim Inhofe
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Inhofe
Republican
Elections in Oklahoma
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The 2014 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma, concurrently with the special election to Oklahoma's other Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe was running for re-election to a fourth term in office. He won the Republican primary against several minor candidates; Democratic nominee Matt Silverstein, an insurance agency owner, was unopposed for his party's nomination.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jim Inhofe, incumbent U.S. Senator[1]
  • D. Jean McBride-Samuels[2]
  • Rob Moye, retired air traffic controller[3]
  • Evelyn Rogers, perennial candidate[3]
  • Erick Wyatt, Iraq War Veteran[2][4]

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Inhofe 231,291 87.69
Republican Evelyn Rodgers 11,960 4.53
Republican Erick Wyatt 11,713 4.44
Republican Rob Moye 4,846 1.84
Republican D. Jean McBride-Samuels 3,965 1.5
Total votes 263,775 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Matt Silverstein, insurance agency owner[8]

Endorsements

Silverstein was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, so no primary was held.

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jim
Inhofe (R)		 Matt
Silverstein (D)		 Other Undecided
Sooner Poll October 25–29, 2014 949 ± 3.18% 62.7% 27.8% 5.2%[16] 4.4%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 995 ± 5% 63% 27% 0% 10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 1,244 ± 3% 67% 25% 0% 8%
Sooner Poll September 27–29, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 56% 32% 5% 7%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014 821 ± 5% 60% 28% 1% 11%
Sooner Poll August 28–30, 2014 603 ± 3.99% 59.1% 27.4% 4.6%[17] 8.8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 1,312 ± 4.7% 56% 32% 10% 3%
Rasmussen Reports July 15–16, 2014 750 ± 4% 58% 27% 4% 10%

Results

Oklahoma US Senate Election, 2014[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Inhofe (Incumbent) 558,166 68.01
Democratic Matt Silverstein 234,307 28.55
Independent Joan Farr 10,554 1.29
Independent Ray Woods 9,913 1.21
Independent Aaron DeLozier 7,793 0.94
Total votes 820,733 100
Republican hold

See also

References

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  16. ↑ Aaron DeLozier (I) 1.3%, Joan Farr (I) 1.3%, Ray Woods (I) 2.6%
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External links

Official campaign websites
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