2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election

The 2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election took place in 2017 to elect 4 seats. Democratic secured 2 seats, which constitutes 50.0% of the total seats, alongside receiving 51.2% of the popular vote. A total number of 11,990 votes were cast in this election. There were totally 9 candidates ran for 4 seats across the 4 districts.

Summary by Party

There were totally 9 candidates competed for 4 seats. Democratic won 2 seats, making up 50.0% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 51.2% of the popular vote. Republican won 2 seats (50.0%).

2017 Oklahoma State House 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: 2, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 2, name: 'Republican'}] }]} Votes: option = {color: ['blue','red','gold'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 6133, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 5824, name: 'Republican'},{value: 33, name: 'Libertarian'}] }]}
Democratic	6,133	51.2%	4	2	50.0%
Republican	5,824	48.6%	4	2	50.0%
Libertarian	33	0.3%	1	0	0.0%
Total	11,990	100%	9	4	100%

Summary by Seats

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election - Summary by Party in Seats
Seat	Democratic		Republican		Others		Valid Votes
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 28	1,165	48.2%	1,221	50.5%	33	1.4%	2,419
District 46	3,179	60.4%	2,082	39.6%	-		5,261
District 75	1,073	52.3%	977	47.7%	-		2,050
District 76	716	31.7%	1,544	68.3%	-		2,260
Total	6,133	51.2%	5,824	48.6%	33	0.3%	11,990

Elected Candidates

There are 2 seats with winning margins of no more than 5%:

• District 28: Libertarian won by 2.3%
• District 75: Republican won by 4.6%

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election - Elected Candidates
Seat	Elected Candidate				Second Candidate				Margin
	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%
District 28	Zack Taylor	Republican	1,221	50.5%	Steve Barnes	Democratic	1,165	48.2%	2.3%
District 46	Jacob Rosecrants	Democratic	3,179	60.4%	Darin Chambers	Republican	2,082	39.6%	20.8%
District 75	Karen Gaddis	Democratic	1,073	52.3%	Tressa Nunley	Republican	977	47.7%	4.6%
District 76	Ross Ford	Republican	1,544	68.3%	Chris VanLANDINGHAM	Democratic	716	31.7%	36.6%

Results by Candidates

There are 9 candidates competed for 4 seats.

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election - Summary by Candidate
Seat	Candidate	Affiliation	Valid Votes	%
District 28	Zack Taylor	Republican	1,221	50.5%
	Steve Barnes	Democratic	1,165	48.2%
	Cody Presley	Libertarian	33	1.4%
District 46	Jacob Rosecrants	Democratic	3,179	60.4%
	Darin Chambers	Republican	2,082	39.6%
District 75	Karen Gaddis	Democratic	1,073	52.3%
	Tressa Nunley	Republican	977	47.7%
District 76	Ross Ford	Republican	1,544	68.3%
	Chris VanLANDINGHAM	Democratic	716	31.7%

Results by Seats

District 28

Zack Taylor of Republican won the election with 50.5% of the votes, alongside receiving 1,221 votes. Steve Barnes of Democratic was defeated by a margin of 2.3%, receiving 48.2% of the votes, totaling 1,165 votes. The total votes cast was 2,419.

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 28
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','gold'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1221, name: 'Zack Taylor'},{value: 1165, name: 'Steve Barnes'},{value: 33, name: 'Cody Presley'}] }]}
Zack Taylor	Republican	1,221	50.5%
Steve Barnes	Democratic	1,165	48.2%
Cody Presley	Libertarian	33	1.4%
Date: 2017-05-09, Margin: 2.3%, Valid Votes: 2,419
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#63DB05','#044015','#3F3BC7'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 694, name: 'Zack Taylor'},{value: 244, name: 'Mike Matlock'},{value: 211, name: 'Daniel J. Matthews'},{value: 64, name: 'Billy Choate'}] }]}
Zack Taylor	Republican	694	57.2%
Mike Matlock	Republican	244	20.1%
Daniel J. Matthews	Republican	211	17.4%
Billy Choate	Republican	64	5.3%
Date: 2017-03-07, Margin: 37.1%, Valid Votes: 1,213
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#8D6B11','#866E6A','#3343DC','#3865B2'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 441, name: 'Steve Barnes'},{value: 363, name: 'Marilyn Rainwater'},{value: 100, name: 'Yasminda Choate'},{value: 91, name: 'Jason Leonard'},{value: 78, name: 'Blake Cummings'}] }]}
Steve Barnes	Democratic	441	41.1%
Marilyn Rainwater	Democratic	363	33.8%
Yasminda Choate	Democratic	100	9.3%
Jason Leonard	Democratic	91	8.5%
Blake Cummings	Democratic	78	7.3%
Date: 2017-03-07, Margin: 7.3%, Valid Votes: 1,073

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

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 28 (General) - Results by County
County	Zack Taylor Republican		Steve Barnes Democratic		Cody Presley Libertarian		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Pottawatomie	267	54.3%	216	43.9%	9	1.8%	492	10.4%
Seminole	954	49.5%	949	49.2%	24	1.2%	1,927	0.3%
Total	1,221	50.5%	1,165	48.2%	33	1.4%	2,419	2.3%

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 28 (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Zack Taylor Republican		Mike Matlock Republican		Daniel J. Matthews Republican		Billy Choate Republican		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Pottawatomie	119	35.1%	96	28.3%	122	36.0%	2	0.6%	339	6.8%
Seminole	575	65.8%	148	16.9%	89	10.2%	62	7.1%	874	48.9%
Total	694	57.2%	244	20.1%	211	17.4%	64	5.3%	1,213	37.1%

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 28 (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Steve Barnes Democratic		Marilyn Rainwater Democratic		Yasminda Choate Democratic		Jason Leonard Democratic		Blake Cummings Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Pottawatomie	42	32.6%	38	29.5%	22	17.1%	11	8.5%	16	12.4%	129	3.1%
Seminole	399	42.3%	325	34.4%	78	8.3%	80	8.5%	62	6.6%	944	7.8%
Total	441	41.1%	363	33.8%	100	9.3%	91	8.5%	78	7.3%	1,073	7.3%

Pottawatomie

Results by Precinct in Pottawatomie - District 28 (General)
Precinct	Zack Taylor	Steve Barnes	Cody Presley	Total
630024	83	49	2	134
630025	44	41	1	86
630031	140	126	6	272
Total	267	216	9	492

Results by Precinct in Pottawatomie - District 28 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Daniel J. Matthews	Zack Taylor	Mike Matlock	Billy Choate	Total
630024	70	32	62	-	164
630025	17	21	1	-	39
630031	35	66	33	2	136
Total	122	119	96	2	339

Results by Precinct in Pottawatomie - District 28 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Steve Barnes	Marilyn Rainwater	Yasminda Choate	Blake Cummings	Jason Leonard	Total
630024	13	14	2	5	7	41
630025	6	6	4	4	-	20
630031	23	18	16	7	4	68
Total	42	38	22	16	11	129

Seminole

Results by Precinct in Seminole - District 28 (General)
Precinct	Zack Taylor	Steve Barnes	Cody Presley	Total
670010	148	149	8	305
670012	24	11	-	35
670014	63	76	-	139
670015	42	60	5	107
670020	106	48	1	155
670022	110	91	3	204
670023	153	139	-	292
670024	81	62	2	145
670025	22	12	-	34
670030	28	13	-	41
670032	52	101	5	158
670033	6	15	-	21
670034	65	139	-	204
670035	54	33	-	87
Total	954	949	24	1,927

Results by Precinct in Seminole - District 28 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Zack Taylor	Mike Matlock	Daniel J. Matthews	Billy Choate	Total
670010	90	12	8	15	125
670012	15	3	-	-	18
670014	49	3	11	4	67
670015	17	5	1	8	31
670020	63	30	6	6	105
670022	67	13	12	10	102
670023	87	13	22	6	128
670024	49	8	7	1	65
670025	11	-	3	-	14
670030	18	3	-	-	21
670032	25	13	9	3	50
670033	4	1	1	-	6
670034	43	10	5	5	63
670035	37	34	4	4	79
Total	575	148	89	62	874

Results by Precinct in Seminole - District 28 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Steve Barnes	Marilyn Rainwater	Jason Leonard	Yasminda Choate	Blake Cummings	Total
670010	51	70	14	6	6	147
670012	4	-	-	1	3	8
670014	22	17	3	7	7	56
670015	28	6	-	19	-	53
670020	48	29	15	5	15	112
670022	23	37	9	6	12	87
670023	42	55	6	8	3	114
670024	16	22	4	4	4	50
670025	4	2	1	2	6	15
670030	6	7	6	3	-	22
670032	48	20	1	7	2	78
670033	8	2	-	-	-	10
670034	68	28	2	4	2	104
670035	31	30	19	6	2	88
Total	399	325	80	78	62	944

District 46

Jacob Rosecrants of Democratic won the election with 60.4% of the votes, alongside receiving 3,179 votes. Darin Chambers of Republican was defeated by a margin of 20.9%, receiving 39.6% of the votes, totaling 2,082 votes. The total votes cast was 5,261.

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 46
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 3179, name: 'Jacob Rosecrants'},{value: 2082, name: 'Darin Chambers'}] }]}
Jacob Rosecrants	Democratic	3,179	60.4%
Darin Chambers	Republican	2,082	39.6%
Date: 2017-09-12, Margin: 20.9%, Valid Votes: 5,261
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#B4C0A4','#A51C89'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 875, name: 'Darin Chambers'},{value: 595, name: 'Charlie Samples'},{value: 68, name: 'Jimmy Shannon'}] }]}
Darin Chambers	Republican	875	56.9%
Charlie Samples	Republican	595	38.7%
Jimmy Shannon	Republican	68	4.4%
Date: 2017-07-11, Margin: 18.2%, Valid Votes: 1,538

The election took place in the county of Cleveland.

Results by Precinct in Cleveland - District 46 (General)
Precinct	Jacob Rosecrants	Darin Chambers	Total
140027	417	349	766
140035	159	152	311
140039	274	118	392
140053	517	316	833
140057	181	161	342
140059	131	50	181
140067	122	72	194
140068	178	67	245
140071	149	87	236
140073	516	379	895
140074	196	168	364
140076	184	89	273
140077	34	11	45
140091	8	19	27
140093	113	44	157
Total	3,179	2,082	5,261

Results by Precinct in Cleveland - District 46 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Darin Chambers	Charlie Samples	Jimmy Shannon	Total
140027	160	86	5	251
140035	52	49	12	113
140039	47	38	7	92
140053	137	90	12	239
140057	72	36	7	115
140059	17	20	2	39
140067	27	11	9	47
140068	27	34	4	65
140071	27	35	2	64
140073	158	106	4	268
140074	89	43	-	132
140076	38	27	4	69
140077	4	2	-	6
140091	5	5	-	10
140093	15	13	-	28
Total	875	595	68	1,538

District 75

Karen Gaddis of Democratic won the election with 52.3% of the votes, alongside receiving 1,073 votes. Tressa Nunley of Republican was defeated by a margin of 4.7%, receiving 47.7% of the votes, totaling 977 votes. The total votes cast was 2,050.

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 75
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1073, name: 'Karen Gaddis'},{value: 977, name: 'Tressa Nunley'}] }]}
Karen Gaddis	Democratic	1,073	52.3%
Tressa Nunley	Republican	977	47.7%
Date: 2017-07-11, Margin: 4.7%, Valid Votes: 2,050
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#745C0C','#C2B276','#493E95'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 528, name: 'Tressa Nunley'},{value: 234, name: 'Nik Berg'},{value: 54, name: 'Skip Steele'},{value: 8, name: 'Aj Oatsvall'}] }]}
Tressa Nunley	Republican	528	64.1%
Nik Berg	Republican	234	28.4%
Skip Steele	Republican	54	6.6%
Aj Oatsvall	Republican	8	1.0%
Date: 2017-05-09, Margin: 35.7%, Valid Votes: 824
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#1CC116'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 289, name: 'Karen Gaddis'},{value: 161, name: 'Jamie Smith'}] }]}
Karen Gaddis	Democratic	289	64.2%
Jamie Smith	Democratic	161	35.8%
Date: 2017-05-09, Margin: 28.4%, Valid Votes: 450

The election took place in the county of Tulsa.

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 75 (General)
Precinct	Karen Gaddis	Tressa Nunley	Total
720086	123	135	258
720088	34	21	55
720090	18	9	27
720096	57	32	89
720100	28	25	53
720101	71	53	124
720102	52	73	125
720103	57	28	85
720104	59	38	97
720105	64	50	114
720106	45	30	75
720150	158	201	359
720152	84	61	145
720475	145	130	275
729999	78	91	169
Total	1,073	977	2,050

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 75 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Tressa Nunley	Nik Berg	Skip Steele	Aj Oatsvall	Total
720086	103	12	8	1	124
720088	23	7	2	1	33
720090	9	-	-	-	9
720096	19	14	6	-	39
720100	21	6	1	-	28
720101	22	14	2	2	40
720102	27	21	4	-	52
720103	9	11	1	1	22
720104	17	17	1	1	36
720105	26	13	7	-	46
720106	13	6	2	-	21
720150	92	43	10	1	146
720152	33	25	2	-	60
720475	74	35	3	1	113
729999	40	10	5	-	55
Total	528	234	54	8	824

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 75 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Karen Gaddis	Jamie Smith	Total
720086	42	18	60
720088	12	2	14
720090	4	-	4
720096	19	2	21
720100	7	6	13
720101	18	4	22
720102	29	9	38
720103	9	16	25
720104	29	8	37
720105	12	16	28
720106	12	5	17
720150	29	17	46
720152	14	13	27
720475	23	39	62
729999	30	6	36
Total	289	161	450

District 76

Ross Ford of Republican won the election with 68.3% of the votes, alongside receiving 1,544 votes. Chris VanLANDINGHAM of Democratic was defeated by a margin of 36.6%, receiving 31.7% of the votes, totaling 716 votes. The total votes cast was 2,260.

2017 Oklahoma State House Special Election in District 76
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1544, name: 'Ross Ford'},{value: 716, name: 'Chris VanLANDINGHAM'}] }]}
Ross Ford	Republican	1,544	68.3%
Chris VanLANDINGHAM	Democratic	716	31.7%
Date: 2017-11-14, Margin: 36.6%, Valid Votes: 2,260
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#9F3201','#7899B5','#14094D','#15F234'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 645, name: 'Ross Ford'},{value: 626, name: 'Shelley Brumbaugh'},{value: 598, name: 'Brian Elliott'},{value: 201, name: 'Cliff Johns'},{value: 27, name: 'Jess Guthrie'}] }]}
Ross Ford	Republican	645	30.8%
Shelley Brumbaugh	Republican	626	29.9%
Brian Elliott	Republican	598	28.5%
Cliff Johns	Republican	201	9.6%
Jess Guthrie	Republican	27	1.3%
Date: 2017-08-08, Margin: 0.9%, Valid Votes: 2,097
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#62BEAC'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 289, name: 'Chris VanLANDINGHAM'},{value: 241, name: 'Forrest Mayer'}] }]}
Chris VanLANDINGHAM	Democratic	289	54.5%
Forrest Mayer	Democratic	241	45.5%
Date: 2017-08-08, Margin: 9.1%, Valid Votes: 530

The election took place in the county of Tulsa.

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 76 (General)
Precinct	Ross Ford	Chris VanLANDINGHAM	Total
720451	81	22	103
720454	159	74	233
720455	32	25	57
720456	90	38	128
720458	181	97	278
720462	138	65	203
720463	71	31	102
720465	94	51	145
720468	170	67	237
720470	141	90	231
720471	119	41	160
720474	185	89	274
729999	83	26	109
Total	1,544	716	2,260

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 76 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Ross Ford	Shelley Brumbaugh	Brian Elliott	Cliff Johns	Jess Guthrie	Total
720451	15	25	22	13	2	77
720454	90	47	65	10	7	219
720455	13	17	15	10	1	56
720456	25	60	21	8	3	117
720458	82	93	68	16	2	261
720462	43	65	78	29	1	216
720463	18	34	25	21	2	100
720465	55	35	29	11	-	130
720468	76	78	90	21	2	267
720470	64	34	67	20	1	186
720471	55	35	48	4	-	142
720474	86	79	43	28	3	239
729999	23	24	27	10	3	87
Total	645	626	598	201	27	2,097

Results by Precinct in Tulsa - District 76 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Chris VanLANDINGHAM	Forrest Mayer	Total
720451	9	21	30
720454	29	21	50
720455	14	12	26
720456	17	12	29
720458	35	38	73
720462	23	24	47
720463	8	16	24
720465	12	16	28
720468	19	25	44
720470	63	13	76
720471	8	4	12
720474	42	30	72
729999	10	9	19
Total	289	241	530

See Also

• 2017 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election
• 2023 Oklahoma State House Special Election
• 2024 Oklahoma State House Election
• 2022 Oklahoma State House Election
• 2020 Oklahoma State House Election
• 2018 Oklahoma State House Election

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