2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

The 2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe won reelection to a fifth full term, defeating Democratic challenger Abby Broyles.[1]

2020 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Jim Inhofe Abby Broyles
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 979,140 509,763
Percentage 62.9% 32.8%
County results
Inhofe:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
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Jim Inhofe
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Inhofe
Republican

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This proved to be the fifth U.S. Senate election in Oklahoma in a row in which the Democratic nominee failed to carry any of Oklahoma's counties, but Broyles came very close to breaking this drought, losing Oklahoma County by less than one percentage point.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements
Jim Inhofe
Federal officials
State officials

Results
Results by county:
Inhofe
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 277,868 74.05%
Republican J.J. Stitt 57,433 15.31%
Republican John Tompkins 23,563 6.28%
Republican Neil Mavis 16,363 4.36%
Total votes 375,227 100.0%

Democratic primary

Nominee
  • Abby Broyles, attorney and former KFOR news reporter[9]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn
  • Dylan Billings, political science professor[10]
  • Tyler Dougherty, software developer[9]
  • Bevon Rogers, former oil and gas industrialist,[11] instead ran for State Senate[12]
  • Paul Tay, primary candidate for Mayor of Tulsa in 2016[13]
  • Perry Williams[13]
  • Mike Workman, political consultant, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016, and nominee for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner in 2014[10][14]

Declined

Endorsements
Abby Broyles
Organizations
Unions
  • Oklahoma Building Trades[17]

Results
Results by county:
Broyles
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
Cassity
  •   30–40%
Democratic primary results [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Abby Broyles 163,921 60.45%
Democratic Elysabeth Britt 45,206 16.67%
Democratic Sheila Bilyeu 32,350 11.93%
Democratic R. O. Joe Cassity, Jr. 29,698 10.95%
Total votes 271,175 100.0%

Other candidates

Nominee
  • Robert Murphy, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016[18]

Declared

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[19] Safe R October 29, 2020
Inside Elections[20] Safe R October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Safe R November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[22] Safe R October 30, 2020
Politico[23] Safe R November 2, 2020
RCP[24] Safe R October 23, 2020
DDHQ[25] Safe R November 3, 2020
538[26] Safe R November 2, 2020
Economist[27] Safe R November 2, 2020

Endorsements
Jim Inhofe (R)
Federal officials
State officials
Abby Broyles (D)
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Local Officials
Organizations
Unions

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Jim
Inhofe (R)		 Abby
Broyles (D)		 Other Undecided
SoonerPoll October 15–20, 2020 5,466 (LV) ± 1.33% 56% 37% 2%[lower-alpha 2] 4%
Amber Integrated September 17–20, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 46% 30% 5%[lower-alpha 3] 19%
SoonerPoll September 2–8, 2020 486 (LV) ± 4.45% 57% 33% 3%[lower-alpha 4] 6%
DFM Research (D)[upper-alpha 1] July 29–30, 2020 572 (LV) ± 4.1% 50% 34% 5%[lower-alpha 5] 11%
Amber Integrated March 5–8, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 57% 31% – 12%
Abby Broyles[upper-alpha 1] Released February 17, 2020 – (V)[lower-alpha 6] – 56% 44% – –
Hypothetical polling
with generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Jim
Inhofe (R)		 Generic
Democrat (D)		 Undecided
Amber Integrated June 3–4, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 54% 34% 12%

Results
United States Senate election in Oklahoma, 2020[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Inhofe (incumbent) 979,140 62.91% -5.10%
Democratic Abby Broyles 509,763 32.75% +4.20%
Libertarian Robert Murphy 34,435 2.21% N/A
Independent Joan Farr 21,652 1.39% +0.11%
Independent A. D. Nesbit 11,371 0.73% N/A
Total votes 1,556,361 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

Notes
Partisan clients
  1. Poll conducted for Abby Broyles.
Voter samples and additional candidates
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Farr (I), Murphy (L) and Nesbitt (I) with 1%
  3. Murphy (L) and Nesbit (I) with 2%; Farr (I) with 1%
  4. Murphy (L) with 2%; Farr (I) with 1%
  5. "Independent candidate" with 5%
  6. Not yet released

References
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