The 1926 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator

John W. Harreld John William Harreld (January 24, 1872December 26, 1950) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Oklahoma. Harreld was the first Republican Party (United States), Republican senator elected in Oklahoma and repre ...

ran for re-election to a second term. After facing many challengers in a crowded Republican primary, he advanced to the general election. In the Democratic primary, Congressman

Elmer Thomas John William Elmer Thomas (September 8, 1876 – September 19, 1965) was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the L ...

beat out a similarly crowded field, which included former Governor

Jack C. Walton John Calloway Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth governor of Oklahoma. He served the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state's history to be removed from ...

, to win his party's nomination with a plurality. In the general election, Thomas defeated Herrald in a landslide, winning his first of four terms in the U.S. Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

, U.S. Congressman from

Oklahoma's 6th congressional district Oklahoma's 6th congressional district is a former U.S. congressional district in Western Oklahoma. Oklahoma gained three seats in the 1910 census, but elected the extra seats at-large At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description fo ...

, former Governor of Oklahoma,

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Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate * W. A. Ledbetter, former delegate to state constitutional convention *

Lamar Looney Mirabeau. Lamar Looney (January 16, 1871 – September 3, 1935) was the first female member of the Oklahoma Senate. Looney was elected to public office as the registrar of deeds for Harmon County in 1912 and later as Harmon County Clerk i ...

, State Senator * M. L. Misenheimer, editor of the ''Lexington Bee''

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

, incumbent U.S. Senator * U. S. Stone,

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oilman * Joe C. Fox, retired farmer * John A. Buckles, former Enid Postmaster * B. G. Bingham, farmer * Preston A. Shinn * D. Lafe Hubler

Results

Socialist Primary

Candidates

* J. A. Hart

Results

Farmer–Labor Primary

Candidates

* J. Edwin Spurr

Results

General election

Results

References

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1926 Oklahoma elections