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Election 1938 Results

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1938 Oklahoma governor election

Leon C. Phillips (Democrat) beat Ross Rizley (Republican) in Oklahoma in 1938, 70.0% to 29.3%, a margin of 40.7 points and 206,879 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1934, when Ernest W. Marland won.

Democrats led in 73 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 42,765 votes and went to the Democrat by 48.5 points. The closest was Cimarron, where 29 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Leon C. Phillips won	Democratic	355,740	70.0%
Ross Rizley	Republican	148,861	29.3%
All other candidates		3,355	0.7%
Total		507,956

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	31,585 73.9%	10,828 25.3%	352	42,765	D+48.5
Tulsa	22,903 66.8%	11,253 32.8%	123	34,279	D+34.0
Garfield	8,419 56.2%	6,391 42.7%	164	14,974	D+13.5
Creek	10,030 67.0%	4,878 32.6%	62	14,970	D+34.4
Kay	7,704 53.8%	6,469 45.2%	136	14,309	D+8.6
Pottawatomie	11,178 79.9%	2,574 18.4%	230	13,982	D+61.5
Muskogee	9,762 78.9%	2,573 20.8%	35	12,370	D+58.1
Okmulgee	8,032 71.4%	3,166 28.1%	53	11,251	D+43.2
Lincoln	5,613 56.7%	4,232 42.8%	50	9,895	D+14.0
Ottawa	6,544 66.6%	3,237 32.9%	48	9,829	D+33.6
Caddo	6,492 68.6%	2,911 30.8%	62	9,465	D+37.8
Seminole	7,148 78.6%	1,886 20.7%	64	9,098	D+57.8
Payne	6,051 67.3%	2,876 32.0%	58	8,985	D+35.3
Washington	5,370 60.8%	3,413 38.6%	54	8,837	D+22.1
Le Flore	6,739 78.0%	1,865 21.6%	41	8,645	D+56.4
Logan	5,201 61.0%	3,213 37.7%	118	8,532	D+23.3
Pittsburg	7,378 86.6%	1,124 13.2%	22	8,524	D+73.4
Osage	5,647 69.0%	2,468 30.1%	74	8,189	D+38.8
Canadian	4,860 63.5%	2,746 35.9%	49	7,655	D+27.6
Comanche	5,850 78.9%	1,521 20.5%	46	7,417	D+58.4
Carter	6,054 87.6%	834 12.1%	26	6,914	D+75.5
Grady	5,076 77.3%	1,451 22.1%	37	6,564	D+55.2
Cherokee	4,137 67.9%	1,939 31.8%	16	6,092	D+36.1
Pawnee	3,252 53.5%	2,798 46.0%	31	6,081	D+7.5
Craig	4,157 70.1%	1,744 29.4%	27	5,928	D+40.7
Sequoyah	4,240 72.8%	1,568 26.9%	15	5,823	D+45.9
Kingfisher	3,145 54.1%	2,632 45.3%	36	5,813	D+8.8
Mayes	3,874 66.9%	1,897 32.8%	21	5,792	D+34.1
Woods	3,332 57.6%	2,384 41.2%	65	5,781	D+16.4
Rogers	4,019 69.6%	1,621 28.1%	136	5,776	D+41.5
Adair	3,573 62.5%	2,125 37.2%	21	5,719	D+25.3
Bryan	5,255 92.4%	420 7.4%	15	5,690	D+85.0
Blaine	3,060 53.9%	2,574 45.3%	42	5,676	D+8.6
Grant	2,769 51.0%	2,607 48.0%	51	5,427	D+3.0
Custer	4,452 82.1%	931 17.2%	39	5,422	D+64.9
Delaware	3,397 62.9%	1,971 36.5%	30	5,398	D+26.4
Nowata	3,195 60.0%	2,100 39.5%	27	5,322	D+20.6
Alfalfa	2,556 48.4%	2,644 50.0%	84	5,284	R+1.7
Hughes	4,286 82.0%	927 17.7%	14	5,227	D+64.3
Noble	2,800 54.1%	2,339 45.2%	40	5,179	D+8.9
Okfuskee	4,298 83.1%	867 16.8%	10	5,175	D+66.3
Haskell	3,744 75.3%	1,216 24.5%	11	4,971	D+50.9
Pontotoc	4,128 83.1%	815 16.4%	22	4,965	D+66.7
Stephens	4,129 83.3%	799 16.1%	31	4,959	D+67.2
McIntosh	3,739 76.8%	1,106 22.7%	26	4,871	D+54.1
Woodward	2,466 51.8%	2,232 46.8%	67	4,765	D+4.9
Cleveland	3,745 79.0%	948 20.0%	47	4,740	D+59.0
Garvin	3,810 80.4%	896 18.9%	31	4,737	D+61.5
Pushmataha	3,628 82.7%	709 16.2%	52	4,389	D+66.5
Wagoner	2,929 67.6%	1,384 32.0%	17	4,330	D+35.7
Choctaw	3,852 89.5%	442 10.3%	8	4,302	D+79.3
McCurtain	3,566 90.7%	358 9.1%	7	3,931	D+81.6
Dewey	2,235 57.2%	1,642 42.0%	30	3,907	D+15.2
Kiowa	2,924 76.1%	892 23.2%	27	3,843	D+52.9
Major	1,782 46.5%	2,010 52.5%	40	3,832	R+5.9
Latimer	3,023 79.2%	773 20.2%	22	3,818	D+58.9
Texas	1,313 34.5%	2,485 65.2%	11	3,809	R+30.8
Atoka	3,192 85.2%	546 14.6%	8	3,746	D+70.6
Beckham	2,958 79.5%	730 19.6%	32	3,720	D+59.9
Washita	2,680 75.2%	867 24.3%	16	3,563	D+50.9
Beaver	1,256 37.4%	2,087 62.2%	14	3,357	R+24.8
Ellis	1,622 50.5%	1,576 49.1%	13	3,211	D+1.4
Tillman	2,701 84.6%	475 14.9%	18	3,194	D+69.7
Johnston	2,754 87.9%	358 11.4%	21	3,133	D+76.5
Jackson	2,588 85.8%	411 13.6%	16	3,015	D+72.2
Cotton	2,425 80.5%	577 19.1%	12	3,014	D+61.3
Roger Mills	2,380 81.7%	513 17.6%	20	2,913	D+64.1
Jefferson	2,505 87.4%	349 12.2%	11	2,865	D+75.3
Murray	2,378 86.9%	339 12.4%	20	2,737	D+74.5
McClain	2,063 82.6%	433 17.3%	2	2,498	D+65.3
Harper	1,246 52.9%	1,093 46.4%	15	2,354	D+6.5
Greer	1,852 85.7%	304 14.1%	6	2,162	D+71.6
Coal	1,690 87.2%	243 12.5%	6	1,939	D+74.6
Love	1,606 90.9%	154 8.7%	7	1,767	D+82.2
Marshall	1,488 88.3%	193 11.4%	5	1,686	D+76.8
Cimarron	808 49.9%	779 48.1%	32	1,619	D+1.8
Harmon	1,102 88.9%	130 10.5%	8	1,240	D+78.4

Counties as they stood in 1938; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Oklahoma governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Kevin Stitt (R)	R+13.7
2018	Kevin Stitt (R)	R+12.1
2014	Mary Fallin (R)	R+14.8
2010	Mary Fallin (R)	R+20.9
2006	Brad Henry (D)	D+33.0
2002	Brad Henry (D)	D+0.7
1998	Frank Keating (R)	R+16.9
1994	Frank Keating (R)	R+17.3
1990	David Walters (D)	D+24.7
1986	Henry Bellmon (R)	R+2.9
1982	George Nigh (D)	D+24.5
1978	George Nigh (D)	D+4.5
1974	David L. Boren (D)	D+27.8
1970	David Hall (D)	D+0.3
1966	Dewey F. Bartlett (R)	R+11.9
1962	Henry Louis Bellmon (R)	R+10.8
1958	J. Howard Edmondson (D)	D+54.2
1954	Raymond Gary (D)	D+17.3
1950	Johnston Murray (D)	D+2.5
1946	Roy J. Turner (D)	D+6.5
1942	Robert S. Kerr (D)	D+4.3
1938	Leon C. Phillips (D)	D+40.7
1934	Ernest W. Marland (D)	D+19.4
1930	William H. Murray (D)	D+18.3
1926	Henry S. Johnston (D)	D+10.7
1922	John Calloway Walton (D)	D+9.7
1918	James B.A. Robertson (D)	D+10.9
1914	Robert L. Williams (D)	D+1.9
1910	Lee Cruce (D)	D+8.4
1907	Charles N. Haskell (D)	D+10.6

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