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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

The 2006 congressional elections in Oklahoma were held on November 7, 2006, to determine who would represent the state of Oklahoma in the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 109th Congress from January 4, 2007, until January 3, 2009.

Overview

District 1

Seeking a fourth term in Congress, incumbent Republican Congressman John Sullivan faced no difficulty against Democratic nominee Alan Gentges and independent Bill Wortman in this staunchly conservative district based in the Tulsa metropolitan area.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Evelyn Rogers, librarian and perennial candidate.
  • Fran Moghaddam, entrepreneur.

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Alan Gentges, attorney.

Independent and third-party candidates

Independents

Declared
  • Bill Wortman, mechanical engineer.

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Dan Boren, the son of former Governor and U.S. Senator David Boren, easily dispatched with his Republican opponent, Patrick Miller, in this district based in eastern Oklahoma, or "Little Dixie." This district, strongly conservative at the national level, tends to favor Democrats at the local level.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Patrick K. Miller, perennial candidate.
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Democratic primary

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

Incumbent Republican Congressman Frank Lucas sought and won an eighth term in Congress from this district, the most conservative district in Oklahoma and the eleventh-most conservative district nationwide.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sue Barton, non-profit administrator.
Eliminated in primary
  • John Coffee Harris, attorney.
  • Gregory M. Wilson, Carney, Oklahoma police and fire chief.

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

In this conservative district, based in south-central Oklahoma, incumbent Republican Congressman Tom Cole easily defeated Democratic opponent Hal Spake to win a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tom Cole, incumbent U.S. representative.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Hal Spake, retired foreign service officer.

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results

District 5

Incumbent Republican Congressman Ernest Istook declined to seek an eighth term in Congress, instead opting to run for Governor, creating an open seat. Mary Fallin, the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, won the Republican primary and was favored to win the general election in this largely conservative district based in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Though Fallin was victorious on election day, her margin of victory over Democratic opponent David Hunter was the thinnest margin of any member of the Oklahoma congressional delegation.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • David Hunter, physician.
Eliminated in primary
  • Bert Smith, secondary school math teacher.

Primary results

Independent and third-party candidates

Independents

  • Matthew Horton Woodson, kayak instructor.

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results

References

See also