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Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District

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Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District
Incumbent
Frank LucasRepublican
Assumed office: January 3, 2003

Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Frank Lucas (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

2024

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Incumbent Frank Lucas won election outright against Darren Hamilton and Robin Carder in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on June 18, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas
 
73.0
 
37,158
Image of Darren Hamilton
Darren Hamilton Candidate Connection
 
13.9
 
7,087
Image of Robin Carder
Robin Carder Candidate Connection
 
13.1
 
6,651

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 50,896
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Incumbent Frank Lucas defeated Jeremiah Ross in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas (R)
 
74.5
 
147,418
Image of Jeremiah Ross
Jeremiah Ross (D)
 
25.5
 
50,354

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 197,772
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jeremiah Ross advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Incumbent Frank Lucas defeated Wade Burleson and Stephen Butler in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas
 
61.1
 
44,442
Image of Wade Burleson
Wade Burleson Candidate Connection
 
30.6
 
22,258
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Stephen Butler
 
8.2
 
5,997

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 72,697
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Incumbent Frank Lucas defeated Zoe Ann Midyett in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas (R)
 
78.5
 
242,677
Image of Zoe Ann Midyett
Zoe Ann Midyett (D) Candidate Connection
 
21.5
 
66,501

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 309,178
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Zoe Ann Midyett advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Frank Lucas advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Incumbent Frank Lucas defeated Frankie Robbins in the general election for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas (R)
 
73.9
 
172,913
Image of Frankie Robbins
Frankie Robbins (D) Candidate Connection
 
26.1
 
61,152

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 234,065
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Frankie Robbins defeated Murray Thibodeaux in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Frankie Robbins
Frankie Robbins Candidate Connection
 
64.8
 
38,767
Image of Murray Thibodeaux
Murray Thibodeaux
 
35.2
 
21,024

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 59,791
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3

Incumbent Frank Lucas advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oklahoma District 3 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

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2016

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Frank Lucas (R) defeated Frankie Robbins, the only Democrat to file, in the general election. Lucas defeated Desiree Brown in the Republican primary on June 28, 2016.[1][2][3]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Lucas Incumbent 78.3% 227,525
     Democratic Frankie Robbins 21.7% 63,090
Total Votes 290,615
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board


U.S. House, Oklahoma, District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Lucas Incumbent 77.9% 42,027
Desiree Brown 22.1% 11,891
Total Votes 53,918
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

2014

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Oklahoma held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Frank Lucas (R) defeated Frankie Robbins (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas Incumbent 78.6% 133,335
     Democratic Frankie Robbins 21.4% 36,270
Total Votes 169,605
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

2012

See also: Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Oklahoma held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Frank D. Lucas won re-election in the district.[4]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Timothy Ray Murray 20% 53,472
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas Incumbent 75.3% 201,744
     Independent William M. Sanders 4.8% 12,787
Total Votes 268,003
Source: Oklahoma Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"


2010

On November 2, 2010, Frank D. Lucas won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frankie Robbins (D) in the general election.[5]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas incumbent 78% 161,927
     Democratic Frankie Robbins 22% 45,689
Total Votes 207,616

2008

On November 4, 2008, Frank D. Lucas won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frankie Robbins (D) and Forrest Michael (I) in the general election.[6]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas incumbent 69.7% 184,306
     Democratic Frankie Robbins 23.6% 62,297
     Independent Forrest Michael 6.7% 17,756
Total Votes 264,359

2006

On November 7, 2006, Frank D. Lucas won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sue Barton (D) in the general election.[7]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas incumbent 67.5% 128,042
     Democratic Sue Barton 32.5% 61,749
Total Votes 189,791

2004

On November 2, 2004, Frank D. Lucas won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gregory M. Wilson (I) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas incumbent 82.2% 215,510
     Independent Gregory M. Wilson 17.8% 46,621
Total Votes 262,131

2002

On November 5, 2002, Frank D. Lucas won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert T. Murphy (I) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Oklahoma District 3 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFrank D. Lucas incumbent 75.6% 148,206
     Independent Robert T. Murphy 24.4% 47,884
Total Votes 196,090

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. [10] On November 17, 2021, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 75-19 to approve the map.[11] On November 19, 2021, the Oklahoma State Senate voted to approve the map 36-10.[12]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.[13]

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:[13]

  1. The governor appoints one Republican and one Democrat.
  2. The majority leader of the Oklahoma State Senate appoints one Republican and one Democrat.
  3. The majority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appoints one Republican and one Democrat.
  4. 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."[13]

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.[13]

Oklahoma District 3
until January 2, 2023

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Oklahoma District 3
starting January 3, 2023

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2010-2011

This is the 3rd 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.[14]

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+23. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 23 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 3rd the 15th most Republican district nationally.[15]

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+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 3rd the 15th most Republican district nationally.[16]

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) 71.2%-26.5%.[17]

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+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 3rd the 13th most Republican district nationally.[18]

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 26.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 71.2%.[19]

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+27. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 27 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional District the ninth most Republican nationally.[20]

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 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.[21]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "CANDIDATES FOR STATE ELECTIVE OFFICE 2016," accessed April 16, 2016
  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 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named govsign
  11. ↑ Public Radio Tulsa, "House approves congressional redistricting plan favored by GOP," November 17, 2021
  12. ↑ Oklahoma Legislature, "HB1002," accessed November 19, 2021
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 All About Redistricting, "Oklahoma," accessed May 6, 2015
  14. ↑ Tulsa World, "Fallin sings House, Senate redistricting bills," accessed January 26, 2012 (dead link)
  15. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
  16. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  17. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  18. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  19. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  20. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  21. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


Oklahoma's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
James Lankford (R)
Markwayne Mullin (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Tom Cole (R)
District 5
Republican Party (7)

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