The 1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
U.S. Senator
Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Commit ...
, 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 from Oklahoma was re-elected to the Class 2 Senate seat from Oklahoma.
Republican primary
Candidates
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Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Commit ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator
* Dan Lowe
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
* Michael A. Clem
* Agnes Marie Regier
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Don McCorkell
Don L. McCorkell, Jr is an American politician and filmmaker who served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 72nd district between 1979 and 1996.
He ran unsuccessful Democratic primary campaigns in the 1996 United ...
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Jim Boren, former chief of staff to Senator
Ralph Yarborough
Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his p ...
* David Louis Annanders
Results
Results
See also
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1996 United States Senate elections
The 1996 United States Senate elections coincided with the presidential election of the same year, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was re-elected president.
Despite the re-election of Clinton and Gore, and despite Democrats picking up a net two s ...
References
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
1996
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1996 Oklahoma elections
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