The 1926 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Senator John W. Harreld 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, to win his party's nomination with a plurality. In the general election, Thomas defeated Harreld in a landslide, winning his first of four terms in the U.S. Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

* 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 in ...

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

, U.S. Representative from Medicine Park * Jack C. Walton, former Governor of Oklahoma and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 1924

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

* John W. Harreld, 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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