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Elections · U.S. House · Oklahoma

2026 Oklahoma House race, District 5

Stephanie Bice (Republican), Jena Nelson (Democrat), Robert Henri (Independent) and Austin Nieves (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Oklahoma District 5, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Oklahoma State Election Board.

The November ballot

Bice
$1.9M
Nelson
$449K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Robert Henri (Independent) and Austin Nieves (Independent).

Official candidate list: Oklahoma State Election Board. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Stephanie Bice

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2021 · Age 52

4
Trades disclosed
$106K
Estimated volume
Cosponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Oklahoma

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 25 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 47,377 votes

  • Jena Nelson Won: 56.7% 26,886
  • Trey Martin: 43.3% 20,491

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
$2.5M
Outside money
$394K

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%$42KSmall donors$174K39%
21%$412KLarge donors$266K59%
50%$974KPACs$3.5K<1%
27%$516KOther$6.2K1%

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.

Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Stephanie Bice $498K.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group 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

1 filed

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.

How this seat voted last time

R+21 in 2024

  • Stephanie Bice Won: 60.7%
  • Madison Horn: 39.3%

342,107 votes for candidates. 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.

The district

Census context
People
812K
Median household income
$75K
Unemployment
4.3%
Living below the poverty line
12.5%
Without health insurance
10.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 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.