2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election

The 2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election took place on April 6, 2021. Republican won the seat by receiving 65.4% of the popular vote. A total number of 11,334 votes were cast in this election. There were totally 2 candidates ran for the seat.

Results by Seats

District 22

Jake A. Merrick of Republican won the election with 65.4% of the votes, alongside receiving 7,418 votes. Molly Ooten of Democratic was defeated by a margin of 30.9%, receiving 34.6% of the votes, totaling 3,916 votes. The total votes cast was 11,334.

2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 22
General
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Jake A. Merrick	Republican	7,418	65.4%
Molly Ooten	Democratic	3,916	34.6%
Date: 2021-04-06, Margin: 30.9%, Valid Votes: 11,334
Republican Primary
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Jake A. Merrick	Republican	2,328	58.4%
Keri Shipley	Republican	1,657	41.6%
Date: 2021-02-09, Margin: 16.8%, Valid Votes: 3,985
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#802E7C'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1020, name: 'Molly Ooten'},{value: 386, name: 'Dylan Billings'}] }]}
Molly Ooten	Democratic	1,020	72.5%
Dylan Billings	Democratic	386	27.5%
Date: 2021-02-09, Margin: 45.1%, Valid Votes: 1,406

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

2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 22 (General) - Results by County
County	Jake A. Merrick Republican		Molly Ooten Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Canadian	3,968	72.9%	1,477	27.1%	5,445	45.7%
Oklahoma	3,450	58.6%	2,439	41.4%	5,889	17.2%
Total	7,418	65.4%	3,916	34.6%	11,334	30.9%

2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 22 (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Jake A. Merrick Republican		Keri Shipley Republican		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Canadian	1,260	62.3%	761	37.7%	2,021	24.7%
Oklahoma	1,068	54.4%	896	45.6%	1,964	8.8%
Total	2,328	58.4%	1,657	41.6%	3,985	16.8%

2021 Oklahoma State Senate Special Election in District 22 (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Molly Ooten Democratic		Dylan Billings Democratic		Total	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Canadian	384	67.7%	183	32.3%	567	35.4%
Oklahoma	636	75.8%	203	24.2%	839	51.6%
Total	1,020	72.5%	386	27.5%	1,406	45.1%

Canadian

Results by Precinct in Canadian - District 22 (General)
Precinct	Jake A. Merrick	Molly Ooten	Total
090200	652	311	963
090204	193	82	275
090206	266	110	376
090208	202	114	316
090209	5	2	7
090214	222	88	310
090216	317	126	443
090217	278	79	357
090218	174	63	237
090220	332	123	455
090503	95	8	103
090504	533	151	684
090506	699	220	919
Total	3,968	1,477	5,445

Results by Precinct in Canadian - District 22 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Jake A. Merrick	Keri Shipley	Total
090200	285	159	444
090204	68	37	105
090206	100	58	158
090208	65	36	101
090214	79	39	118
090216	81	68	149
090217	99	62	161
090218	40	34	74
090220	127	55	182
090503	22	9	31
090504	105	85	190
090506	189	119	308
Total	1,260	761	2,021

Results by Precinct in Canadian - District 22 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Molly Ooten	Dylan Billings	Total
090200	92	57	149
090204	21	7	28
090206	23	14	37
090208	30	14	44
090209	-	1	1
090214	21	12	33
090216	41	14	55
090217	34	9	43
090218	12	12	24
090220	40	11	51
090503	2	1	3
090504	22	17	39
090506	46	14	60
Total	384	183	567

Oklahoma

Results by Precinct in Oklahoma - District 22 (General)
Precinct	Jake A. Merrick	Molly Ooten	Total
550034	300	78	378
550035	379	206	585
550036	308	149	457
550037	248	145	393
550038	129	121	250
550040	226	166	392
550041	179	149	328
550133	170	131	301
550134	276	193	469
550135	69	103	172
550136	318	238	556
550137	400	229	629
550138	170	50	220
559999	278	481	759
Total	3,450	2,439	5,889

Results by Precinct in Oklahoma - District 22 (Republican Primary)
Precinct	Jake A. Merrick	Keri Shipley	Total
550034	55	54	109
550035	110	108	218
550036	107	91	198
550037	94	64	158
550038	45	30	75
550040	89	55	144
550041	65	45	110
550133	73	34	107
550134	86	70	156
550135	24	16	40
550136	101	95	196
550137	99	101	200
550138	50	39	89
559999	70	94	164
Total	1,068	896	1,964

Results by Precinct in Oklahoma - District 22 (Democratic Primary)
Precinct	Molly Ooten	Dylan Billings	Total
550034	7	4	11
550035	41	18	59
550036	17	9	26
550037	24	13	37
550038	30	8	38
550040	44	16	60
550041	37	5	42
550133	32	13	45
550134	59	14	73
550135	30	6	36
550136	89	15	104
550137	67	8	75
550138	10	3	13
559999	149	71	220
Total	636	203	839

See Also

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

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