2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election

The 2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election took place in 2015 to elect 2 seats. Democratic secured 1 seats, which constitutes 50.0% of the total seats, alongside receiving 61.5% of the popular vote. A total number of 5,561 votes were cast in this election. There were totally 7 candidates ran for 2 seats across the 2 districts.

Summary by Party

There were totally 7 candidates competed for 2 seats. Democratic won 1 seats, making up 50.0% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 61.5% of the popular vote. Republican won 1 seats (50.0%).

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election - Summary by Political Party
Party	Votes	% Votes	Candidates	Elected	% Seats	Seats: option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 1, name: 'Republican'}] }]} Votes: option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 3422, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 2139, name: 'Republican'}] }]}
Democratic	3,422	61.5%	3	1	50.0%
Republican	2,139	38.5%	4	1	50.0%
Total	5,561	100%	7	2	100%

Summary by Seats

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election - Summary by Party in Seats
Seat	Democratic		Republican		Others		Valid Votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 11	3,422	100.0%	-		-		3,422
District 34	-		2,139	100.0%	-		2,139
Total	3,422	61.5%	2,139	38.5%	0	0.0%	5,561

Elected Candidates

There is one seat with winning margins of no more than 5%:

• District 34: Republican won by 3.3%

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election - Elected Candidates
Seat	Elected Candidate				Second Candidate				Margin
	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%
District 11	Kevin Matthews	Democratic	1,619	47.3%	Regina Goodwin	Democratic	1,317	38.5%	8.8%
District 34	David L. McLain	Republican	908	42.4%	John W. Feary	Republican	836	39.1%	3.3%

Results by Candidates

There are 7 candidates competed for 2 seats.

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election - Summary by Candidate
Seat	Candidate	Affiliation	Valid Votes	%
District 11	Kevin Matthews	Democratic	1,619	47.3%
	Regina Goodwin	Democratic	1,317	38.5%
	Heather Nash	Democratic	486	14.2%
District 34	David L. McLain	Republican	908	42.4%
	John W. Feary	Republican	836	39.1%
	Mark Williams	Republican	340	15.9%
	Chuck Daugherty	Republican	55	2.6%

Results by Seats

District 11

Kevin Matthews of Democratic won the election with 47.3% of the votes, alongside receiving 1,619 votes. Regina Goodwin of Democratic was defeated by a margin of 8.8%, receiving 38.5% of the votes, totaling 1,317 votes. The total votes cast was 3,422.

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 11
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#BFADCE','#3A5A44'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1619, name: 'Kevin Matthews'},{value: 1317, name: 'Regina Goodwin'},{value: 486, name: 'Heather Nash'}] }]}
Kevin Matthews	Democratic	1,619	47.3%
Regina Goodwin	Democratic	1,317	38.5%
Heather Nash	Democratic	486	14.2%
Date: 2015-04-07, Margin: 8.8%, Valid Votes: 3,422

The election took place in two counties. The breakdown of results by county is shown below.

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 11 (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Kevin Matthews Democratic		Regina Goodwin Democratic		Heather Nash Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Osage	351	44.5%	336	42.6%	101	12.8%	788	1.9%
Tulsa	1,268	48.1%	981	37.2%	385	14.6%	2,634	10.9%
Total	1,619	47.3%	1,317	38.5%	486	14.2%	3,422	8.8%

Osage

Results by Precinct in Osage - District 11 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Kevin Matthews	Regina Goodwin	Heather Nash	Total
570202	231	207	57	495
570205	9	4	-	13
570310	111	125	43	279
570311	-	-	1	1
Total	351	336	101	788

Tulsa

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 11 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Kevin Matthews	Regina Goodwin	Heather Nash	Total
720001	110	59	31	200
720002	75	36	16	127
720003	7	13	6	26
720004	131	72	27	230
720005	40	37	15	92
720006	164	97	45	306
720007	70	70	22	162
720008	51	44	8	103
720009	19	9	22	50
720010	74	86	11	171
720011	12	7	5	24
720012	18	19	6	43
720013	133	111	43	287
720014	64	70	31	165
720015	34	34	21	89
720016	2	4	1	7
720017	2	3	4	9
720018	10	5	1	16
720019	12	7	-	19
720020	12	15	5	32
720025	9	3	1	13
720026	15	4	1	20
720027	14	1	3	18
720030	9	6	3	18
720031	6	4	2	12
720032	15	7	5	27
720047	1	1	3	5
720049	11	6	7	24
720140	11	5	16	32
729999	137	146	24	307
Total	1,268	981	385	2,634

District 34

David L. McLain of Republican won the election with 42.4% of the votes, alongside receiving 908 votes. John W. Feary of Republican was defeated by a margin of 3.4%, receiving 39.1% of the votes, totaling 836 votes. The total votes cast was 2,139.

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 34
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#8B30A1','#3B6A5E','#E1970C'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 908, name: 'David L. McLain'},{value: 836, name: 'John W. Feary'},{value: 340, name: 'Mark Williams'},{value: 55, name: 'Chuck Daugherty'}] }]}
David L. McLain	Republican	908	42.4%
John W. Feary	Republican	836	39.1%
Mark Williams	Republican	340	15.9%
Chuck Daugherty	Republican	55	2.6%
Date: 2015-11-10, Margin: 3.4%, Valid Votes: 2,139
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#2BAC7B'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 457, name: 'J. J. Dossett'},{value: 168, name: 'Lisa Franklin'}] }]}
J. J. Dossett	Democratic	457	73.1%
Lisa Franklin	Democratic	168	26.9%
Date: 2015-11-10, Margin: 46.2%, Valid Votes: 625

The election took place in two counties. The breakdown of results by county is shown below.

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 34 (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	David L. McLain Republican		John W. Feary Republican		Mark Williams Republican		Chuck Daugherty Republican		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Rogers	8	26.7%	6	20.0%	16	53.3%	-	0.0%	30	6.7%
Tulsa	900	42.7%	830	39.4%	324	15.4%	55	2.6%	2,109	3.3%
Total	908	42.4%	836	39.1%	340	15.9%	55	2.6%	2,139	3.4%

2015 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 34 (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	J. J. Dossett Democratic		Lisa Franklin Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Rogers	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	3	33.3%
Tulsa	455	73.2%	167	26.8%	622	46.3%
Total	457	73.1%	168	26.9%	625	46.2%

Rogers

Results by Precinct in Rogers - District 34 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Mark Williams	David L. McLain	John W. Feary	Total
660021	16	8	6	30
Total	16	8	6	30

Results by Precinct in Rogers - District 34 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	J. J. Dossett	Lisa Franklin	Total
660021	2	1	3
Total	2	1	3

Tulsa

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 34 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	David L. McLain	John W. Feary	Mark Williams	Chuck Daugherty	Total
720021	4	2	-	-	6
720022	14	13	2	1	30
720023	4	5	5	-	14
720024	17	7	1	-	25
720028	12	6	-	-	18
720029	5	4	1	2	12
720040	7	1	2	1	11
720041	22	2	2	-	26
720042	10	5	2	2	19
720043	13	2	2	-	17
720044	25	13	7	-	45
720053	20	9	10	2	41
720058	23	2	1	1	27
720059	20	8	5	-	33
720070	10	6	-	-	16
720501	7	22	8	1	38
720502	22	30	18	5	75
720503	24	19	9	1	53
720504	37	29	17	-	83
720551	11	6	-	1	18
720552	9	11	4	3	27
720553	6	8	4	2	20
720750	44	67	35	2	148
720751	56	83	24	4	167
720752	43	34	10	1	88
720753	23	32	17	3	75
720754	49	64	19	4	136
720755	53	85	20	1	159
720756	4	3	1	-	8
720757	88	121	40	6	255
720758	9	20	5	-	34
720759	43	38	17	2	100
720760	37	34	18	2	91
720900	102	17	3	2	124
729999	27	22	15	6	70
Total	900	830	324	55	2,109

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 34 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	J. J. Dossett	Lisa Franklin	Total
720021	4	1	5
720022	3	4	7
720023	1	-	1
720024	-	5	5
720028	3	1	4
720029	3	1	4
720040	1	1	2
720041	-	1	1
720042	1	3	4
720043	2	-	2
720044	3	4	7
720053	5	3	8
720058	1	3	4
720059	1	3	4
720070	-	1	1
720501	8	1	9
720502	13	6	19
720503	21	3	24
720504	16	8	24
720551	-	2	2
720552	25	1	26
720553	7	5	12
720750	33	12	45
720751	37	6	43
720752	23	10	33
720753	38	12	50
720754	26	10	36
720755	49	10	59
720756	3	-	3
720757	61	5	66
720758	5	4	9
720759	21	6	27
720760	14	3	17
720900	5	7	12
729999	22	25	47
Total	455	167	622

See Also

• 2015 Oklahoma State House Special Election
• 2024 Oklahoma State Senate Election
• 2023 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election
• 2022 Oklahoma State Senate Election
• 2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election
• 2020 Oklahoma State Senate Election

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