2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
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. 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.
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Lankford was first elected in 2014 special election with 68% of the vote, succeeding retiring fellow Republican Tom Coburn. He won re-election to a first full term in 2016 with 68% of the vote.
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. All candidates had to file between the days of April 13–15, 2022.
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.