2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
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{{Main|2012 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
| country = Oklahoma
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2008 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
| previous_year = 2008
| next_election = 2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
| next_year = 2016
| election_date = November 6, 2012
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
| nominee1 = Mitt Romney
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = Massachusetts
| running_mate1 = Paul Ryan
| electoral_vote1 = 7
| popular_vote1 = 891,325
| percentage1 = 66.77%
| image2 = President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
| nominee2 = Barack Obama
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = Illinois
| running_mate2 = Joe Biden
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 443,547
| percentage2 = 33.23%
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Romney
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Obama
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No votes
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| title = President
| before_election = Barack Obama
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Barack Obama
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{ElectionsOK}}
{{US 2012 elections series}}
The 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Voters chose seven electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. For the third election in a row since 2004, no third parties were allowed on the ballot.
With an extremely socially conservative electorate, Oklahoma has in recent years become one of the most Republican states in the nation. For the third cycle in a row, the Republicans won over 65% of the vote and swept every single county in the state.
With 66.77% of the popular vote to Obama's mere 33.23%, Mitt Romney carried almost exactly two thirds of the vote in the state while Obama merely carried one third. His vote share also the remains the third-highest for any Republican presidential candidate in Oklahoma history; as well as the strongest ever for a candidate who was not nationally successful. Oklahoma was Romney's third strongest state in the 2012 election, after Utah and Wyoming.{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=2012&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=2012 Presidential Election Statistics|publisher=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|access-date=2018-03-05}}
Primary elections
=Democratic primary=
{{Main|2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary}}
President Obama faced four challengers in Oklahoma's Democratic primary. Challenger Randall Terry took 12 counties with candidate Jim Rogers winning in three counties. Candidates Bob Ely and Darcy Richardson also appeared on Oklahoma's ballot but failed to obtain a majority of votes in any county.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:right;" |
| colspan="4" | 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/OK-D#0306 The Green Papers], Retrieved July 8, 2015 |
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| style="width: 17em"|Candidate
! style="width: 5em"|Votes ! style="width: 7em"|Percentage |
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}
| align="left"|14px Barack Obama (incumbent) | 64,259 | 57.07% | 35 |
| align="left"| Randall Terry
| 20,294 | 18.02% | 7 |
| align="left"| Jim Rogers
| 15,535 | 13.80% | 3 |
| align="left"| Darcy Richardson
| 7,192 | 6.39% | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Bob Ely
| 5,318 | 4.72% | 0 |
| Totals
|112,598 |100.00% |45 |
=Republican primary=
The Republican primary took place on Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html|title=Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar|publisher=CNN|access-date=January 12, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf|title=Presidential Primary Dates|publisher=Federal Election Commission|access-date=January 23, 2012}}
Oklahoma had 43 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. Three superdelegates were unbound by the primary results. 15 delegates were allocated by congressional districts, with 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate got a majority of the vote in a district, he took all 3 delegates from that district; if no one got a majority, the delegates were split either 2-to-1 or 1-1-1 depending on how many candidates got at least 15% of the vote. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the candidate who won a majority in the state, or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 15% of the vote statewide if no one got a majority.{{cite web|author = Nate Silver|author-link = Nate Silver| url = http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/romney-could-win-majority-of-super-tuesday-delegates/ | title = Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates |publisher=FiveThirtyEight|date=March 4, 2012| access-date=March 5, 2012}}
==Results==
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| colspan="4" | 2012 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary{{cite web |date=2012-05-23 |title=State of Oklahoma Presidential Results by Congressional District (2012 Primary) |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/OK/38065/83184/Web01/en/summary.html |publisher=Oklahoma State Election Board |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604044701/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/OK/38065/83184/Web01/en/summary.html |archive-date=2012-06-04 |access-date=March 23, 2012}} |
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| style="width: 17em"|Candidate
! style="width: 5em"|Votes ! style="width: 7em"|Percentage ! style="width: 5em"|Projected national delegates[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/OK-R The Green Papers], Retrieved April 27 |
| align="right" bgcolor="pink"
| align="left"|14px Rick Santorum | 96,849 | 33.8% | 14 |
| align="left"| Mitt Romney
| 80,356 | 28.0% | 13 |
| align="left"| Newt Gingrich
| 78,730 | 27.5% | 13 |
| align="left"| Ron Paul
| 27,596 | 9.6% | 0 |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| style="text-align:left;" | Rick Perry | 1,291 | 0.45% | 0 |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| style="text-align:left;" | Michele Bachmann | 951 | 0.33% | 0 |
| bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
| style="text-align:left;" | Jon Huntsman | 750 | 0.26% | 0 |
| colspan="3"| Unprojected delegates
| 3 |
| Totals
| 286,523 | 100.0% | 43 |
| Key: | align:"center" bgcolor=DDDDDD| Withdrew prior to contest |
==Republican Conventions for Oklahoma's Congressional Districts==
Fifteen delegates to the 2012 Republican national convention were elected at congressional-district conventions March 31 to April 14, 2012 — three from each of Oklahoma's five congressional districts.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/OK-R |title=Oklahoma Republican Presidential Nominating Process |access-date=May 16, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://newsok.com/oklahoma-republicans-elect-delegates-to-national-convention/article/3675104#ixzz1v3hZJCUx |title=Oklahoma Republicans elect delegates to national convention |access-date=May 16, 2012 |date=May 13, 2012 |last=McNutt |first=Michael |work=newsok.com}}
==Oklahoma Republican Convention==
The Oklahoma Republican State Convention was held May 11–12, 2012 in Norman. Irregularities were reported.
At least two Ron Paul supporters said they were physically attacked by Romney supporters.{{cite web |title=2 Romney Supporters ASSAULT 2 Ron Paul Supporters in OK |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8o1XocGBM |date=May 13, 2012 |access-date=May 25, 2012 |work=www.youtube.com R11110000}}
Oklahoma's (Republican) Governor Mary Fallin tried to speak at the convention. After loud chants of "Ron Paul" from the floor, she stated (referring to Romney) "We have a presidential nominee", resulting in loud booing.
Paul supporters said that the convention was stopped with unfinished business, without a two-thirds vote, and therefore against parliamentary procedure. It was reported that, after the convention was said to be adjourned, a partition in the room was moved, isolating many attendees from the rest of the body. The lights were turned out momentarily.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFJdJSSmqqw |title=Rachel Maddow Discusses Ron Paul & GOP Conventions Chaos |website=YouTube |date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=May 15, 2012}}
After the convention was stopped and the chairman left, many Paul supporters assembled outside and held a rump convention, chaired by Jake Peters, at which they elected a slate of Paul supporters as delegates to the national convention.{{cite web |title=Violent OK GOP State Convention
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpwvdXBEfc8 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |work=newsODP/www.youtube.com}}{{cite web |url=http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/05/ron-paul-supporters-stage-rump-convention-in-ok-may-12-2012/ |title=Ron Paul Supporters Stage Rump Convention in OK – May 12, 2012 |access-date=May 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515225726/http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/05/ron-paul-supporters-stage-rump-convention-in-ok-may-12-2012/ |archive-date=May 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Four Paul supporters, including Jake Peters, made a formal complaint to the Oklahoma Republican Party, saying that Party rules were broken by failing to take a roll-call vote on the delegate slate and that the convention was adjourned without the required vote. The complaint asserted that state law is involved in the Republican Party's nominating process and cited case law to the effect that party process should be considered "an integral part of the State's election system".{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BycOffR9JYFpMmlmWGVvTmZDSDg/edit?pli=1 |title=Ron Paul Supporters Submit Challenge to Oklahoma GOP State Convention |access-date=May 25, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://gallery.mailchimp.com/512354e730a88fee4fcc330f7/files/ORP_Rules___Amended_August_27__2011.pdf |title=Rules of the Oklahoma Republican Party, Amended August 27, 2011 |access-date=May 25, 2012}}{{cite web |publisher=Oklahoma Republican State Convention |date=May 12, 2012 |title=Report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business |url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/1i_DQOx1sGssemoGPSyoTxeOj15qRjqjW5FKp-w-m2f_TRGAK6ebTAn0X-bOR/edit?pli=1 |access-date=May 25, 2012}}
General election
=Predictions=
=Results=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="7" | 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma{{cite web |url=http://www.ok.gov/elections/support/ok_results_seb.html |title=Oklahoma State Election Board |access-date=2012-11-24 |archive-date=2020-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202015013/https://www.ok.gov/elections/support/ok_results_seb.html |url-status=dead }} |
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| colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate ! style="width: 17em" |Running mate ! style="width: 5em" |Votes ! style="width: 7em" |Percentage ! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes |
| style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Republican | align="right" | 891,325 | align="right" | 66.77% | align="right" |7 |
| style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | align="right" | 443,547 | align="right" | 33.23% | align="right" | 0 |
| bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="4" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 1,334,872 | align="right" | 100.00% | align="right" | 7 |
==By county==
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! rowspan="2" |County ! colspan="2" |Mitt Romney ! colspan="2" |Barack Obama ! colspan="2" |Margin ! rowspan="2" |Total | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |#
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |% ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |# ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |% ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |# ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |% | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Adair | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,381 | {{party shading/Republican}} |67.32% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,127 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |32.68% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,254 | {{party shading/Republican}} |34.64% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,508 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Alfalfa | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,761 | {{party shading/Republican}} |84.54% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |322 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |15.46% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,439 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.08% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,083 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Atoka | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,538 | {{party shading/Republican}} |74.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,243 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |26.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,295 | {{party shading/Republican}} |48.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,781 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Beaver | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,062 | {{party shading/Republican}} |89.42% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |244 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |10.58% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,818 | {{party shading/Republican}} |78.84% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,306 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Beckham | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,508 | {{party shading/Republican}} |79.54% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,417 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |20.46% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,091 | {{party shading/Republican}} |59.08% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,925 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Blaine | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,824 | {{party shading/Republican}} |74.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |992 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |26.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,832 | {{party shading/Republican}} |48.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,816 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Bryan | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,520 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.12% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,681 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.88% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,839 | {{party shading/Republican}} |44.24% | {{party shading/Republican}} |13,201 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Caddo | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,687 | {{party shading/Republican}} |64.25% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,164 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |35.75% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,523 | {{party shading/Republican}} |28.50% | {{party shading/Republican}} |8,851 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Canadian | {{party shading/Republican}} |35,625 | {{party shading/Republican}} |77.17% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |10,537 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |22.83% | {{party shading/Republican}} |25,088 | {{party shading/Republican}} |54.34% | {{party shading/Republican}} |46,162 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Carter | {{party shading/Republican}} |12,214 | {{party shading/Republican}} |71.34% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,908 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |28.66% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,306 | {{party shading/Republican}} |42.68% | {{party shading/Republican}} |17,122 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Cherokee | {{party shading/Republican}} |8,162 | {{party shading/Republican}} |57.05% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |6,144 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |42.95% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,018 | {{party shading/Republican}} |14.10% | {{party shading/Republican}} |14,306 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Choctaw | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,572 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.51% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,494 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |29.49% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,078 | {{party shading/Republican}} |41.02% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,066 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Cimarron | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,082 | {{party shading/Republican}} |90.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |115 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |9.61% | {{party shading/Republican}} |967 | {{party shading/Republican}} |80.78% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,197 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Cleveland | {{party shading/Republican}} |59,116 | {{party shading/Republican}} |62.97% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |34,771 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |37.03% | {{party shading/Republican}} |24,345 | {{party shading/Republican}} |25.94% | {{party shading/Republican}} |93,887 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Coal | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,710 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.49% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |649 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.51% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,061 | {{party shading/Republican}} |44.98% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,359 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Comanche | {{party shading/Republican}} |17,664 | {{party shading/Republican}} |58.52% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |12,521 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.48% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,143 | {{party shading/Republican}} |17.04% | {{party shading/Republican}} |30,185 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Cotton | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,796 | {{party shading/Republican}} |73.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |657 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |26.78% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,139 | {{party shading/Republican}} |46.44% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,453 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Craig | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,559 | {{party shading/Republican}} |67.08% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,747 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |32.92% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,812 | {{party shading/Republican}} |34.16% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,306 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Creek | {{party shading/Republican}} |18,986 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.70% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |7,128 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.30% | {{party shading/Republican}} |11,858 | {{party shading/Republican}} |45.40% | {{party shading/Republican}} |26,114 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Custer | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,446 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.94% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,359 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.06% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,087 | {{party shading/Republican}} |51.88% | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,805 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Delaware | {{party shading/Republican}} |10,080 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,196 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |29.39% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,884 | {{party shading/Republican}} |41.22% | {{party shading/Republican}} |14,276 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Dewey | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,792 | {{party shading/Republican}} |85.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |301 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |14.38% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,491 | {{party shading/Republican}} |71.24% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,093 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Ellis | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,575 | {{party shading/Republican}} |87.45% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |226 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |12.55% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,349 | {{party shading/Republican}} |74.90% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,801 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Garfield | {{party shading/Republican}} |15,177 | {{party shading/Republican}} |76.23% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,733 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |23.77% | {{party shading/Republican}} |10,444 | {{party shading/Republican}} |52.46% | {{party shading/Republican}} |19,910 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Garvin | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,925 | {{party shading/Republican}} |73.02% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,559 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |26.98% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,366 | {{party shading/Republican}} |46.04% | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,484 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Grady | {{party shading/Republican}} |14,833 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,786 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.39% | {{party shading/Republican}} |10,047 | {{party shading/Republican}} |51.22% | {{party shading/Republican}} |19,619 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Grant | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,675 | {{party shading/Republican}} |81.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |393 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |19.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,282 | {{party shading/Republican}} |62.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,068 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Greer | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,344 | {{party shading/Republican}} |73.36% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |488 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |26.64% | {{party shading/Republican}} |856 | {{party shading/Republican}} |46.72% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,832 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Harmon | {{party shading/Republican}} |659 | {{party shading/Republican}} |71.40% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |264 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |28.60% | {{party shading/Republican}} |395 | {{party shading/Republican}} |42.80% | {{party shading/Republican}} |923 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Harper | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,261 | {{party shading/Republican}} |87.94% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |173 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |12.06% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,088 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.88% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,434 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Haskell | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,069 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.31% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,175 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.69% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,894 | {{party shading/Republican}} |44.62% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,244 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Hughes | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,838 | {{party shading/Republican}} |67.44% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,370 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |32.56% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,468 | {{party shading/Republican}} |34.88% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,208 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Jackson | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,965 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.33% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,954 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.67% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,011 | {{party shading/Republican}} |50.66% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,919 | |||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Jefferson | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,634 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |605 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.02% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,029 | {{party shading/Republican}} |45.96% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,239 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Johnston | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,649 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.97% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,137 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.03% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,512 | {{party shading/Republican}} |39.94% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,786 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Kay | {{party shading/Republican}} |11,499 | {{party shading/Republican}} |71.31% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,627 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |28.69% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,872 | {{party shading/Republican}} |42.62% | {{party shading/Republican}} |16,126 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Kingfisher | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,870 | {{party shading/Republican}} |84.43% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |898 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |15.57% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,972 | {{party shading/Republican}} |68.86% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,768 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Kiowa | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,316 | {{party shading/Republican}} |67.68% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,106 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |32.32% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,210 | {{party shading/Republican}} |35.36% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,422 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Latimer | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,628 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.19% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,170 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.81% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,458 | {{party shading/Republican}} |38.38% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,798 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |LeFlore | {{party shading/Republican}} |11,177 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.57% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,662 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |29.43% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,515 | {{party shading/Republican}} |41.14% | {{party shading/Republican}} |15,839 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Lincoln | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,553 | {{party shading/Republican}} |74.48% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,273 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |25.52% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,280 | {{party shading/Republican}} |48.96% | {{party shading/Republican}} |12,826 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Logan | {{party shading/Republican}} |12,314 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.27% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,724 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.73% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,590 | {{party shading/Republican}} |44.54% | {{party shading/Republican}} |17,038 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Love | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,436 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.20% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,034 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |29.80% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,402 | {{party shading/Republican}} |40.40% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,470 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Major | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,700 | {{party shading/Republican}} |85.82% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |446 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |14.18% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,254 | {{party shading/Republican}} |71.64% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,146 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Marshall | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,744 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.84% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,396 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.16% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,348 | {{party shading/Republican}} |45.68% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,140 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Mayes | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,637 | {{party shading/Republican}} |66.65% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,823 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |33.35% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,814 | {{party shading/Republican}} |33.30% | {{party shading/Republican}} |14,460 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |McClain | {{party shading/Republican}} |11,112 | {{party shading/Republican}} |77.67% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,194 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |22.33% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,918 | {{party shading/Republican}} |55.34% | {{party shading/Republican}} |14,306 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |McCurtain | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,635 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.78% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,440 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.22% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,195 | {{party shading/Republican}} |51.56% | {{party shading/Republican}} |10,075 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |McIntosh | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,509 | {{party shading/Republican}} |61.87% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,779 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |38.13% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,730 | {{party shading/Republican}} |23.74% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,288 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Murray | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,606 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.07% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,540 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |29.93% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,066 | {{party shading/Republican}} |40.14% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,146 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Muskogee | {{party shading/Republican}} |13,404 | {{party shading/Republican}} |57.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |9,952 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |42.61% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,452 | {{party shading/Republican}} |14.78% | {{party shading/Republican}} |23,356 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Noble | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,488 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.32% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,143 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.68% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,345 | {{party shading/Republican}} |50.64% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,631 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Nowata | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,832 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.48% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,244 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.52% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,588 | {{party shading/Republican}} |38.96% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,076 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Okfuskee | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,335 | {{party shading/Republican}} |65.02% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,256 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |34.98% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,079 | {{party shading/Republican}} |30.04% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,591 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Oklahoma | {{party shading/Republican}} |149,728 | {{party shading/Republican}} |58.33% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |106,982 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.67% | {{party shading/Republican}} |42,746 | {{party shading/Republican}} |16.66% | {{party shading/Republican}} |256,710 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Okmulgee | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,731 | {{party shading/Republican}} |58.73% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,432 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.27% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,299 | {{party shading/Republican}} |17.46% | {{party shading/Republican}} |13,163 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Osage | {{party shading/Republican}} |11,242 | {{party shading/Republican}} |62.64% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |6,704 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |37.36% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,538 | {{party shading/Republican}} |25.28% | {{party shading/Republican}} |17,946 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Ottawa | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,466 | {{party shading/Republican}} |64.82% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,509 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |35.18% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,957 | {{party shading/Republican}} |29.64% | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,975 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Pawnee | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,232 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.01% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,813 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |29.99% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,419 | {{party shading/Republican}} |40.02% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,045 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Payne | {{party shading/Republican}} |16,481 | {{party shading/Republican}} |64.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |9,198 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |35.82% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,283 | {{party shading/Republican}} |28.36% | {{party shading/Republican}} |25,679 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Pittsburg | {{party shading/Republican}} |10,841 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.17% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,831 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.83% | {{party shading/Republican}} |6,010 | {{party shading/Republican}} |38.34% | {{party shading/Republican}} |15,672 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Pontotoc | {{party shading/Republican}} |8,945 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.38% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,947 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.62% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,998 | {{party shading/Republican}} |38.76% | {{party shading/Republican}} |12,892 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Pottawatomie | {{party shading/Republican}} |16,250 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.33% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |7,188 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.67% | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,062 | {{party shading/Republican}} |38.66% | {{party shading/Republican}} |23,438 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Pushmataha | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,087 | {{party shading/Republican}} |74.75% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,043 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |25.25% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,044 | {{party shading/Republican}} |49.50% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,130 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Roger Mills | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,402 | {{party shading/Republican}} |83.75% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |272 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |16.25% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,130 | {{party shading/Republican}} |67.50% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,674 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Rogers | {{party shading/Republican}} |27,553 | {{party shading/Republican}} |75.07% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |9,148 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.93% | {{party shading/Republican}} |18,405 | {{party shading/Republican}} |50.14% | {{party shading/Republican}} |36,701 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Seminole | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,856 | {{party shading/Republican}} |65.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,600 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |34.87% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,256 | {{party shading/Republican}} |30.26% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,456 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Sequoyah | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,578 | {{party shading/Republican}} |69.55% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,193 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |30.45% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,385 | {{party shading/Republican}} |39.10% | {{party shading/Republican}} |13,771 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Stephens | {{party shading/Republican}} |12,908 | {{party shading/Republican}} |76.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,939 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |23.38% | {{party shading/Republican}} |8,969 | {{party shading/Republican}} |53.24% | {{party shading/Republican}} |16,847 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Texas | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,930 | {{party shading/Republican}} |85.12% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |862 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |14.88% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,068 | {{party shading/Republican}} |70.24% | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,792 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Tillman | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,815 | {{party shading/Republican}} |66.70% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |906 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |33.30% | {{party shading/Republican}} |909 | {{party shading/Republican}} |33.40% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,721 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Tulsa | {{party shading/Republican}} |145,062 | {{party shading/Republican}} |63.68% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |82,744 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |36.32% | {{party shading/Republican}} |62,318 | {{party shading/Republican}} |27.36% | {{party shading/Republican}} |227,806 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Wagoner | {{party shading/Republican}} |20,900 | {{party shading/Republican}} |72.85% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |7,791 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |27.15% | {{party shading/Republican}} |13,109 | {{party shading/Republican}} |45.70% | {{party shading/Republican}} |28,691 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Washington | {{party shading/Republican}} |15,668 | {{party shading/Republican}} |73.91% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,532 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |26.09% | {{party shading/Republican}} |10,136 | {{party shading/Republican}} |47.82% | {{party shading/Republican}} |21,200 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Washita | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,494 | {{party shading/Republican}} |80.95% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |822 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |19.05% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,672 | {{party shading/Republican}} |61.90% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,316 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Woods | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,727 | {{party shading/Republican}} |80.25% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |671 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |19.75% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,056 | {{party shading/Republican}} |60.50% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,398 | |||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}} |Woodward | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,945 | {{party shading/Republican}} |83.99% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,133 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |16.01% | {{party shading/Republican}} |4,812 | {{party shading/Republican}} |67.98% | {{party shading/Republican}} |7,078 | |||||||
| Totals | 891,325 | 66.77% | 443,547 | 33.23% | 447,778 | 33.54% | 1,334,872 |
==By congressional district==
Romney won all 5 congressional districts.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts|title=Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts|website=Daily Kos|access-date=11 August 2020}}
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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Oklahoma|1|1st}} | 65.8% | 34.2% | {{party shading/Republican}}|Jim Bridenstine |
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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Oklahoma|2|2nd}} | 67.8% | 32.2% | {{party shading/Republican}}|Markwayne Mullin |
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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Oklahoma|3|3rd}} | 73.9% | 26.1% | {{party shading/Republican}}|Frank Lucas |
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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Oklahoma|4|4th}} | 67.1% | 32.9% | {{party shading/Republican}}|Tom Cole |
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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Oklahoma|5|5th}} | 59.2% | 40.8% | {{party shading/Republican}}|James Lankford |
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Analysis
As expected, Mitt Romney swept every county in the state, carrying 66.77% of the vote to Obama's measly 33.23%. Romney capitalized on his strength amongst white and conservative voters – Oklahoma's population is 65.6% white{{Cite web|title=State Population By Race, Ethnicity Data|url=https://www.governing.com/gov-data/census/state-minority-population-data-estimates.html|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.governing.com|date=2 July 2015|language=en}} (a demographic Romney won nationwide by 59% to Obama's 39%){{Cite news|title=President Exit Polls|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/president/exit-polls.html|access-date=2020-09-27|issn=0362-4331}} and the state has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+20, tied for the second most Republican in the nation along with Utah.{{Cite web|title=State PVIs|url=https://cookpolitical.com/index.php/state-pvis|access-date=2020-09-27|website=The Cook Political Report|language=en}} His strongest performance was in the Oklahoma Panhandle, one of the most staunchly conservative regions in the country, where he garnered 80% to 90% of the vote in many of these counties. Romney also performed well in the Little Dixie region and on the state's border with Texas. Despite many counties having a plurality of registered Democratic voters exceeding the number of registered Republicans (such as Comanche and Okmulgee),{{Cite web|date=January 15, 2019|title=Current Registration Statistics by County|url=https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20190115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20(vr2420).pdf|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=Oklahoma State Election Board|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717212721/https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/20190115%20-%20Registration%20By%20County%20(vr2420).pdf|url-status=dead}} Obama failed to carry any counties. However, Obama was still able to garner margins of around 45% to Romney's 55% in some counties, such as Cherokee County (Obama's best performance), which is 36.4% Native American and home to the capital of the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah,{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cherokee County, Oklahoma|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cherokeecountyoklahoma/PST045219|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.census.gov|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Cherokee County {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CH017|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.okhistory.org}} and Muskogee County, which is located in the Creek Nation.{{Cite web|title=Muskogee County {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MU020|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.okhistory.org}} He also had a formidable, but still lackluster, performance in Oklahoma County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Oklahoma City, which is quite conservative despite being the state's most urban region.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/OK-R The Green Papers]: for Oklahoma
- [http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/events.phtml?s=c&f=m The Green Papers]: Major state elections in chronological order
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