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Oklahoma stayed red, but Democrats still grabbed wins in a national blue wave

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November 4, 2026 Democrats flipped six Republican-held state House seats and made substantial gains in Oklahoma’s largest counties, even as Republicans maintained their grip on statewide offices. Tweet Share Share Author Dylan Goforth [email protected] Reading Time 4 min Posted In elections Tulsa voters head to the polls in November 2022. DYLAN GOFORTH/The Frontier Oklahoma Republicans swept statewide offices in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but Democrats still made significant gains in some of the state’s most populous counties and defeated at least five incumbent Republican state representatives. The results mirrored a national political shift toward Democrats, although the movement in Oklahoma was concentrated largely in metropolitan areas and surrounding suburbs.

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