The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Oklahoma State Election Board. Not a prediction.
The seat
Kevin Hern
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2018 · Age 64
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Oklahoma
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 25 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
First round · 72,253 votes
- Mark Tedford: 32.2% 23,230
- Jackson Lahmeyer: 25.9% 18,699
- Nathan Butterfield: 16.0% 11,532
- Kim David: 6.5% 4,722
- Jed Cochran: 4.7% 3,419
6 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Official election results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $5.2M
- Outside money
- $623K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $528K of the race's $623K was spent on candidates not listed here.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
14 filed- Kevin HernRepublican$2.5M
- Nathan ButterfieldRepublican$1.7M
- Jed CochranRepublican$177K
- Kim DavidRepublican$200K
- Jackson LahmeyerRepublican$416K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 810K
- Median household income
- $71K
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Living below the poverty line
- 13.8%
- Without health insurance
- 12.9%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
R+26 in 2024
- Kevin Hern Won: 60.4%
- Dennis Baker: 34.5%
312,501 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 5.1%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.