Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District

Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Kevin Hern (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Oklahoma representatives represented an average of 792,703 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 752,976 residents.

Elections

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Incumbent Kevin Hern (R), John Croisant (D), Erica Watkins (D), and Ryan Parschauer (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Kevin Hern (R)
		John Croisant (D)
		Erica Watkins (D)
	Submit photo	Ryan Parschauer (Independent)

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General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Incumbent Kevin Hern (R) defeated Dennis Baker (D) and Mark Sanders (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kevin Hern (R)	60.4	188,832
	Dennis Baker (D)	34.5	107,903
	Mark Sanders (Independent)	5.0	15,766

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 312,501
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Dennis Baker (D) defeated Evelyn Rogers (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dennis Baker	59.2	8,527
	Submit photo	Evelyn Rogers	40.8	5,871

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,398
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sarah Gray (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Incumbent Kevin Hern (R) defeated Paul Royse (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on June 18, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kevin Hern	87.0	30,244
	Paul Royse	13.0	4,504

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,748
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General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Incumbent Kevin Hern (R) defeated Adam Martin (D) and Evelyn Rogers (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Hern (R)	61.2	142,800
		Adam Martin (D)	34.7	80,974
	Submit photo	Evelyn Rogers (Independent)	4.2	9,721

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,495
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 28, 2022, was canceled. Adam Martin (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 without appearing on the ballot.

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 28, 2022, was canceled. Incumbent Kevin Hern (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 without appearing on the ballot.

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Incumbent Kevin Hern (R) defeated Kojo Asamoa-Caesar (D) and Evelyn Rogers (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Hern (R)	63.7	213,700
		Kojo Asamoa-Caesar (D)	32.7	109,641
	Submit photo	Evelyn Rogers (Independent)	3.6	12,130

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 335,471
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Kojo Asamoa-Caesar (D) defeated Mark Keeter (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kojo Asamoa-Caesar	63.6	34,868
	Submit photo	Mark Keeter	36.4	19,924

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,792
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Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 30, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Kevin Hern (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 without appearing on the ballot.

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Kevin Hern (R) defeated Tim Gilpin (D) in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kevin Hern (R)	59.3	150,129
	Tim Gilpin (D)	40.7	103,042

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 253,171 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Tim Gilpin (D) defeated Amanda Douglas (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on August 28, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Gilpin	59.4	16,995
	Amanda Douglas	40.6	11,628

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,623
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Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Kevin Hern (R) defeated Tim Harris (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on August 28, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kevin Hern	54.9	40,401
	Tim Harris	45.1	33,155

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,556
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Tim Gilpin (D) and Amanda Douglas (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Gwendolyn Fields (D), Mark Keeter (D), and David Matthew Hullum (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Gilpin	34.5	24,567
✔		Amanda Douglas	32.4	23,093
		Gwendolyn Fields	19.6	13,980
	Submit photo	Mark Keeter	8.5	6,025
		David Matthew Hullum	5.0	3,580

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,245
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Tim Harris (R) and Kevin Hern (R) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Andy Coleman (R), Nathan Dahm (R), and Danny Stockstill (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1 on June 26, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Harris	27.5	28,431
✔	Kevin Hern	22.7	23,466
	Andy Coleman	21.8	22,608
	Nathan Dahm	20.2	20,868
	Danny Stockstill	7.8	8,100

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,473
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Jim Bridenstine (R) defeated David Matthew Hullum (independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Bridenstine defeated Evelyn Rogers and Tom Atkinson in the Republican primary on June 28, 2016. No Democratic candidates filed to run.^[1]^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Bridenstine Incumbent	100%
Total Votes				0
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

**U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 1 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Bridenstine Incumbent	80.8%	50,595
Tom Atkinson	16%	10,056
Evelyn Rogers	3.2%	2,004
Total Votes		62,655
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

2014

See also: Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of Oklahoma held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jim Bridenstine (R) won an unopposed general election.

**U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Bridenstine Incumbent	0%	0
Total Votes				0
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

2012

See also: Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 1st Congressional District of Oklahoma held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Republican Jim Bridenstine won the election in the district.^[4]

**U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Olson	32%	91,421
	Republican	Jim Bridenstine	63.5%	181,084
	Independent	Craig Allen	4.5%	12,807
Total Votes				285,312
Source: Oklahoma Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

On November 2, 2010, John Sullivan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Angelia O'Dell (D) in the general election.^[5]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Sullivan incumbent	76.8%	151,173
	Independent	Angelia O’Dell	23.2%	45,656
Total Votes				196,829

1990

On November 6, 1990, James M. Inhofe won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kurt G. Glassco (D) in the general election.^[6]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James M. Inhofe incumbent	56%	75,618
	Democrat	Kurt G. Glassco	44%	59,521
Total Votes				135,139

1988

On November 8, 1988, James Inhofe won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kurt Glassco (D) in the general election.^[7]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James Inhofe incumbent	51.3%	103,458
	Democrat	Kurt Glassco	48.7%	98,101
Total Votes				201,559

1986

On November 4, 1986, James M. Inhofe won election to the United States House. He defeated Gary D. Allison (D) and Carl E. McCullough, Jr. (I) in the general election.^[8]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 1 General Election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James M. Inhofe	54.8%	78,919
	Democrat	Gary D. Allison	42.8%	61,663
	Independent	Carl E. McCullough	2.4%	3,455
Total Votes				144,037

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Oklahoma after the 2020 census

Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a new congressional map into law on November 22, 2021. ^[9] On November 17, 2021, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 75-19 to approve the map.^[10] On November 19, 2021, the Oklahoma State Senate voted to approve the map 36-10.^[11]This map took effect for Oklahoma's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Oklahoma work? In Oklahoma, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Oklahoma State Legislature. These lines may be vetoed by the governor.^[12]

If the legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines. The commission comprises the following seven members:^[12]

The governor appoints one Republican and one Democrat.
The majority leader of the Oklahoma State Senate appoints one Republican and one Democrat.
The majority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appoints one Republican and one Democrat.
The lieutenant governor serves as the non-voting chair of the commission.

The Oklahoma Constitution requires that state Senate district boundaries take into account "population, compactness, area, political units, historical precedents, economic and political interests, contiguous territory, and other major factors."^[12]

The redistricting committee of the state House adopted redistricting guidelines similar to the senatorial district requirements described above. These guidelines apply to state House and congressional districts, as well. These guidelines may be amended by the state legislature at its discretion.^[12]

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 1st Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Oklahoma after the 2010 census

In April 2011, the Oklahoma State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. Governor Mary Fallin signed the new map into law on May 20, 2011.^[13]

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 1st the 114th most Republican district nationally.^[14]

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 1st the 97th most Republican district nationally.^[15]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 59.4%-38.0%.^[16]

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 1st the 101st most Republican district nationally.^[17]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 38.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 59.4%.^[18]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District the 63rd most Republican nationally.^[19]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.91. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.91 points toward that party.^[20]

External links

GovTrack District 1

Footnotes

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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] Oklahoma State Election Board, "CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIVE OFFICE 2016," accessed April 16, 2016

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

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

[4] Politico, "2012 Election Map, Oklahoma," accessed November 7, 2012

[5] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013

[6] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990," accessed March 28, 2013

[7] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1988," accessed March 28, 2013

[8] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986," accessed March 28, 2013

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[10] Public Radio Tulsa, "House approves congressional redistricting plan favored by GOP," November 17, 2021

[11] Oklahoma Legislature, "HB1002," accessed November 19, 2021

[okloyola-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 All About Redistricting, "Oklahoma," accessed May 6, 2015

[13] Tulsa World, "Fallin sings House, Senate redistricting bills," accessed January 26, 2012 (dead link)

[14] Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025

[15] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024

[16] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[17] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023

[18] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[19] Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017

[20] FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018

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Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District

Elections

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

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General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Democratic primary

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General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Republican primary

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 1

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2020-2021

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