United States House elections in Oklahoma, 2022 (June 28 Republican primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected five candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's five U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for June 28, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for August 23, 2022. The filing deadline was April 15, 2022.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Oklahoma, the Republican Party conducts a closed primary, in which only registered party members may participate. The Democratic Party holds a semi-closed primary, in which unaffiliated voters may participate.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Oklahoma's Republican primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in Oklahoma, 2022 (June 28 Democratic primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Kevin Hern (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
Republican primary candidates
- Guy Barker
- John R. Bennett
- Josh Brecheen ✔
- David Derby
- Avery Carl Frix ✔
- Pamela Gordon
- Rhonda Hopkins
- Clint Johnson
- Wes Nofire
- Marty Quinn
- Dustin Roberts
- Chris Schiller
- Johnny Teehee
- Erick Wyatt
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District 3
Republican primary candidates
- Frank Lucas (Incumbent) ✔
- Wade Burleson
- Stephen Butler
Did not make the ballot:
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District 4
Republican primary candidates
- Tom Cole (Incumbent) ✔
- Frank Blacke
- James Taylor
District 5
Republican primary candidates
- Stephanie Bice (Incumbent) ✔
- Subrina Banks
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Oklahoma.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Oklahoma in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 8, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Twenty-eight candidates filed to run for Oklahoma’s five U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and 23 Republicans. That’s 5.6 candidates per district, more than the 5.4 candidates per district in 2020 and less than the 7.2 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Oklahoma was apportioned five districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.
The 2nd district was the only open seat this year. That’s one more seat than in 2020 and the same as in 2018. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R), who represented the 2nd district, ran for the U.S. Senate. Fifteen candidates — one Democrat and 14 Republicans — ran to replace Mullin, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year.
There were four contested Republican primaries, and no contested Democratic primaries. The four contested primaries this year were the fewest since at least 2014, and it was the first time since at least then when there were no contested Democratic primaries.
Rep. Kevin Hern (R), who represented the 1st district, was the only incumbent who didn't face a primary challenger this year. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in all five districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.
See also
- United States House elections in Oklahoma, 2022 (June 28 Democratic primaries)
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
