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The 2022 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate for Oklahoma. The election took place concurrently with the regularly scheduled election for Oklahoma's other Senate seat.[1] The candidate filing deadline was between April 13 and 15, 2022.[2]
This special election was held to fill the remaining four years of incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe's term. In February 2022, Inhofe announced that he would resign early at the end of the 117th United States Congress on January 3, 2023.[3] He was first elected in a 1994 special election with 55% of the vote to succeed Democratic senator David Boren in the wake of his impending resignation to become president of the University of Oklahoma.[4] Most recently, Inhofe was re-elected to a fifth full term in 2020 with 62.9% of the vote.[5]
Former U.S. Representative Kendra Horn secured the Democratic nomination by default, while the primary election for the Republican nomination took place on June 28, 2022. U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin won the Republican primary runoff on August 23, defeating former State House Speaker T. W. Shannon.[2] Mullin ultimately won the election.[6]
Mullin, a member of the Cherokee Nation, became the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate since fellow Republican Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired from Congress in 2005, and the first Native American representing this state since Robert Owen in 1925.[7] Conversely, Horn won Oklahoma County, making her the first Democrat since 2008 to carry any Oklahoma county in a Senate election.
- ^ Beavers, Olivia; Everett, Burgess (February 24, 2022). "Inhofe to retire from Senate, teeing up special election in Oklahoma". Politico. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ a b "2022 Statutory Election Dates and Deadlines" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
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NYTwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 4, 2014". Oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Archived from the original on April 8, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ "Federal, State, Legislative and Judicial Races General Election — November 3, 2020". Oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved February 24, 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ KOCO Staff (November 9, 2022). "Oklahoma Election Results: Markwayne Mullin wins race for US Senate, claiming Inhofe's open seat". KOCO. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "Markwayne Mullin wins US Senate seat". ICT. Associated Press. Retrieved November 12, 2022.