2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

The 2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, 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 announced he will run for reelection to a fifth full term.[1]

2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Jim Inhofe Abby Broyles
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Jim Inhofe
Republican
Elections in Oklahoma
Government

Although the presidential primary in Oklahoma was on March 3, the primary to select the U.S. Senate nominee for each party is scheduled for June 30 with potential runoffs for August 25.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Results
Results by county:
Republican primary results [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 277,746 74.1%
Republican J.J. Stitt 57,400 15.3%
Republican John Tompkins 23,550 6.3%
Republican Neil Mavis 16,351 4.4%
Total votes 375,047 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Abby Broyles, attorney and former KFOR news reporter[7]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn
  • Dylan Billings, political science professor[8]
  • Tyler Dougherty, software developer[7]
  • Bevon Rogers, former oil and gas industrialist,[9] instead ran for State Senate[10]
  • Paul Tay, primary candidate for Mayor of Tulsa in 2016[11]
  • Perry Williams[11]
  • Mike Workman, political consultant, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016, and nominee for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner in 2014[8][12]

Declined

Endorsements
Abby Broyles
Organizations

Results
Results by county:
Democratic primary results [6]
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%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee
  • Robert Murphy, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016[15]

Independents

Declared

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[16] Safe R July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[17] Safe R July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18] Safe R August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[19] Safe R July 22, 2020
Politico[20] Safe R July 6, 2020
RCP[21] Safe R August 6, 2020
Niskanen[22] Safe R July 26, 2020
270towin[23] Safe R August 6, 2020

Endorsements
Abby Broyles (D)
Organizations

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Jim
Inhofe (R)		 Abby
Broyles (D)		 Other/
Undecided
DFM Research (D)[upper-alpha 1] July 29–30, 2020 572 (LV) ± 4.1% 50% 34% 16%[lower-alpha 2]
Amber Integrated March 5–8, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 57% 31% 12%
Hypothetical polling
with generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Jim
Inhofe (R)		 Generic
Democrat (D)		 Undecided
Amber Integrated June 3–4, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 54% 34% 12%

Results
United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent)
Democratic Abby Broyles
Libertarian Robert Murphy
Independent Joan Farr
Independent A. D. Nesbit
Total votes 100.0%

Notes
Partisan clients
  1. Poll conducted for Abby Broyles.
Voter samples and additional candidates
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "Independent candidate" with 5% and Undecided with 11%

References
  1. Press, Associated (March 5, 2020). "Inhofe says he's seeking another term in Senate". KTUL.
  2. Gizzi, John (March 3, 2020). "Jim Inhofe, 85, to Seek Another Term in Senate". Newsmax.
  3. Krehbiel, Randy (June 7, 2020). "U.S. Senate primary draws lively competition despite Inhofe's decades dominating at polls". Tulsa World.
  4. Krehbiel, Randy (October 27, 2019). "Inspired by Oklahoma's governor, another Stitt is running for U.S. Senate". Tulsa World. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  5. Davenport, Coral (March 17, 2018). "Scott Pruitt, Trump's Rule-Cutting E.P.A. Chief, Plots His Political Future". The New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  6. "OK Election Results". Oklahoma Secretary of State. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. Savage, Tres (November 4, 2019). "Abby Broyles is fifth Dem to file against Jim Inhofe". Non Doc.
  8. Simmons, Beau (August 16, 2019). "Incoming OSU instructor launches U.S. Senate campaign". Stillwater News Press. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  9. Bach, Tawnya (November 1, 2019). "Coffee With The Candidates: Bevon Rogers". KOAM News.
  10. "Filing data". www.ok.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  11. "United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  12. "Workman 4 Oklahoma". www.facebook.com.
  13. "Crap. Scott Pruitt wants to be Oklahoma's next U.S. Senator". The Last Ogle. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  14. "2020 Federal Endorsements – NOW PAC". nowpac.org.
  15. "Murphy for Senate 2020". secure.anedot.com.
  16. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  17. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  18. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  19. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  20. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  21. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  22. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
  23. "2020 Senate Map Based on Polls". 270towin.com. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  24. "2020 Federal Endorsements – NOW PAC". nowpac.org.
  25. {cite webtitle=Endorsed Candidates – National Women's Political Caucus PAC|url=https://www.nwpc.org/endorsedcandidates/}
Official campaign websites
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