James Taylor (Oklahoma)

James Taylor (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.

Taylor was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the same seat.^[1] Taylor was defeated by incumbent Tom Cole in the Republican primary.^[2]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated Mary Brannon in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Cole (R)	66.7	149,879
	Mary Brannon (D)	33.3	74,667

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 224,546
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Mary Brannon advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Richard Grayson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated James Taylor and Frank Blacke in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Cole	69.8	43,894
		James Taylor	27.0	16,980
	Submit photo	Frank Blacke	3.2	2,038

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,912
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2020

Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)

Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated Mary Brannon and Bob White in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Cole (R)	67.8	213,096
		Mary Brannon (D)	28.8	90,459
	Submit photo	Bob White (L)	3.4	10,803

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,358
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Mary Brannon defeated David Slemmons and John Argo in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 30, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mary Brannon	63.9	32,199
	David Slemmons	19.4	9,793
	John Argo	16.7	8,436

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,428
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated James Taylor, Trevor Sipes, and Gilbert Sanders in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 30, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Cole	76.3	55,699
	James Taylor	15.2	11,081
	Trevor Sipes	6.0	4,357
	Gilbert Sanders	2.5	1,833

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,970
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2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated Mary Brannon and Ruby Peters in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Cole (R)	63.1	149,227
		Mary Brannon (D)	33.0	78,088
	Submit photo	Ruby Peters (Independent)	3.9	9,323

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 236,638 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Mary Brannon defeated Fred Gipson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on August 28, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mary Brannon	57.5	15,251
	Fred Gipson	42.5	11,268

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,519
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Mary Brannon and Fred Gipson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mallory Varner and Roxann Klutts in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Brannon	34.4	25,757
✔		Fred Gipson	30.4	22,756
	Submit photo	Mallory Varner	18.6	13,953
	Submit photo	Roxann Klutts	16.7	12,493

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 74,959
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John McKenna (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Incumbent Tom Cole defeated James Taylor in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4 on June 26, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Cole	64.7	55,929
	James Taylor	35.3	30,461

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 86,390
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2016

See also: Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Tom Cole (R) defeated Christina Owen (D) and Sevier White (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cole defeated James Taylor and Shawn Roberts in the Republican primary, while Owen defeated Bert Smith to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, Oklahoma District 4 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Cole Incumbent	69.6%	204,143
	Democratic	Christina Owen	26.1%	76,472
	Libertarian	Sevier White	4.3%	12,574
Total Votes				293,189
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

**U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 4 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tom Cole Incumbent	71.4%	28,813
James Taylor	18.3%	7,398
Shawn Roberts	10.3%	4,151
Total Votes		40,362
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

**U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Christina Owen	62.2%	16,314
Bert Smith	37.8%	9,922
Total Votes		26,236
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

James Taylor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

James Taylor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

The following issues were listed on Taylor's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

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Individual Responsibility: Individuals are responsible for their actions. The government’s role is to guarantee equality of opportunity for all and leave equality of result to individual drive, work ethic, abilities & talent.

The Family: The family has always been at the core of every society; therefore, it is in the government’s best interest to encourage, protect, and foster family integrity. The family is under stress and there should be less government interference to reduce that stress.

The Unborn: I believe in the sanctity of life and will fight for the rights of the unborn.

Marriage: I believe marriage is between a man and a woman.

National Sovereignty: I believe the United States of America is the greatest nation in the world. I believe that God establishes nations, their boundaries and how long they will be in existence. I don’t believe we should be submitting our national or political sovereignty to an unaccountable trans-national organization such as the United Nations all in the name of global governance.

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—James Taylor's campaign website, http://www.taylorok.com/issues

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Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Oklahoma State Election Board, "CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIVE OFFICE 2016," accessed April 16, 2016
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Politico, "Oklahoma House Races Results," June 28, 2016
↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

James Lankford (R)

Markwayne Mullin (R)

Representatives

District 1

Kevin Hern (R)

District 2

Josh Brecheen (R)

District 3

Frank Lucas (R)

District 4

Tom Cole (R)

District 5

Stephanie Bice (R)

Republican Party (7)

[list16-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Oklahoma State Election Board, "CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIVE OFFICE 2016," accessed April 16, 2016

[primary16-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Politico, "Oklahoma House Races Results," June 28, 2016

[3] CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016

[quotedisclaimer-4] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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James Taylor (Oklahoma)

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 4

2016

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

2020

2016

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