1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

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Nominee Jim Inhofe James Boren
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 670,610 474,162
Percentage 56.68% 40.08%

County results

Inhofe:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Boren:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Jim Inhofe
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Inhofe
Republican

The 1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, first elected in a 1994 special election, won re-election to his first full term. This election is the first time that a Republican United States Senator was re-elected to the Class 2 Senate seat from Oklahoma.