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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Oklahoma governor election

Brad Henry (Democrat) beat Steve Largent (Republican) in Oklahoma in 2002, 43.3% to 42.6%, a margin of 0.7 points and 6,866 votes.

Oklahoma changed party: in 1998 it went Republican, for Frank Keating.

Democrats led in 51 of the 77 counties and Republicans in 26. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 189,076 votes and went to the Republican by 9.5 points. The closest was Noble, where 10 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
Brad Henry won	Democratic	448,143	43.3%
Steve Largent	Republican	441,277	42.6%
Gary Richardson	Independent	146,200	14.1%
Total		1,035,620

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	73,236 38.7%	91,270 48.3%	24,570	189,076	R+9.5
Tulsa	65,383 37.4%	84,187 48.2%	25,158	174,728	R+10.8
Cleveland	28,112 43.1%	29,160 44.7%	8,022	65,294	R+1.6
Canadian	9,658 33.8%	14,422 50.5%	4,485	28,565	R+16.7
Rogers	10,508 42.1%	10,265 41.1%	4,184	24,957	D+1.0
Comanche	8,363 38.4%	9,077 41.7%	4,340	21,780	R+3.3
Muskogee	9,867 48.7%	6,132 30.2%	4,275	20,274	D+18.4
Creek	8,385 41.9%	7,497 37.5%	4,132	20,014	D+4.4
Payne	8,714 43.6%	8,697 43.5%	2,595	20,006	D+0.1
Pottawatomie	10,740 55.0%	6,674 34.2%	2,125	19,539	D+20.8
Wagoner	7,320 39.4%	7,595 40.9%	3,676	18,591	R+1.5
Garfield	6,421 36.5%	8,381 47.7%	2,767	17,569	R+11.2
Washington	5,801 33.8%	8,700 50.6%	2,687	17,188	R+16.9
Kay	6,071 38.9%	7,264 46.5%	2,279	15,614	R+7.6
Pittsburg	8,557 55.1%	4,987 32.1%	1,977	15,521	D+23.0
Grady	6,291 43.7%	5,583 38.8%	2,509	14,383	D+4.9
Stephens	5,484 38.5%	6,290 44.1%	2,482	14,256	R+5.7
Osage	6,843 49.3%	4,696 33.8%	2,347	13,886	D+15.5
Carter	7,099 52.8%	5,458 40.6%	900	13,457	D+12.2
Cherokee	6,549 51.2%	3,731 29.1%	2,520	12,800	D+22.0
Mayes	6,460 51.8%	4,025 32.3%	1,981	12,466	D+19.5
Le Flore	6,941 58.3%	4,468 37.5%	499	11,908	D+20.8
Lincoln	4,935 43.7%	4,251 37.7%	2,103	11,289	D+6.1
Logan	4,245 37.7%	5,048 44.8%	1,964	11,257	R+7.1
Okmulgee	5,823 52.3%	3,341 30.0%	1,974	11,138	D+22.3
Delaware	4,845 44.8%	4,253 39.3%	1,728	10,826	D+5.5
Pontotoc	5,447 52.1%	3,904 37.3%	1,107	10,458	D+14.8
Bryan	6,158 61.8%	3,422 34.3%	383	9,963	D+27.5
McClain	4,102 42.1%	4,115 42.2%	1,536	9,753	R+0.1
Sequoyah	5,158 54.8%	3,391 36.0%	865	9,414	D+18.8
Garvin	4,525 51.0%	3,064 34.6%	1,275	8,864	D+16.5
Ottawa	4,508 52.0%	3,018 34.8%	1,136	8,662	D+17.2
McCurtain	5,187 60.0%	3,035 35.1%	427	8,649	D+24.9
Custer	3,426 42.6%	3,438 42.7%	1,179	8,043	R+0.1
Caddo	3,948 50.9%	2,341 30.2%	1,463	7,752	D+20.7
Seminole	4,260 57.2%	2,307 31.0%	882	7,449	D+26.2
McIntosh	3,631 53.4%	1,809 26.6%	1,357	6,797	D+26.8
Jackson	2,363 37.5%	3,156 50.1%	785	6,304	R+12.6
Adair	2,803 46.3%	2,374 39.2%	874	6,051	D+7.1
Woodward	2,339 40.1%	2,695 46.2%	801	5,835	R+6.1
Beckham	2,511 47.7%	2,105 40.0%	649	5,265	D+7.7
Pawnee	2,251 45.3%	1,814 36.5%	904	4,969	D+8.8
Texas	1,424 29.0%	3,208 65.3%	282	4,914	R+36.3
Kingfisher	1,767 36.1%	2,426 49.5%	708	4,901	R+13.4
Craig	2,253 49.9%	1,409 31.2%	851	4,513	D+18.7
Murray	2,662 59.8%	1,325 29.8%	463	4,450	D+30.0
Marshall	2,694 63.1%	1,402 32.8%	172	4,268	D+30.3
Noble	1,757 41.6%	1,767 41.8%	704	4,228	R+0.2
Haskell	2,516 60.0%	1,165 27.8%	509	4,190	D+32.2
Hughes	2,355 57.4%	1,173 28.6%	578	4,106	D+28.8
Choctaw	2,472 63.9%	1,183 30.6%	213	3,868	D+33.3
Atoka	2,429 63.6%	1,211 31.7%	181	3,821	D+31.9
Washita	1,810 47.6%	1,440 37.9%	554	3,804	D+9.7
Pushmataha	2,336 61.9%	1,119 29.6%	321	3,776	D+32.2
Nowata	1,718 46.8%	1,241 33.8%	709	3,668	D+13.0
Okfuskee	1,932 55.0%	976 27.8%	602	3,510	D+27.2
Johnston	2,280 66.8%	990 29.0%	141	3,411	D+37.8
Blaine	1,554 45.8%	1,285 37.9%	553	3,392	D+7.9
Latimer	1,984 60.6%	914 27.9%	377	3,275	D+32.7
Woods	1,471 46.5%	1,339 42.3%	353	3,163	D+4.2
Kiowa	1,742 55.9%	1,000 32.1%	373	3,115	D+23.8
Major	907 32.5%	1,490 53.3%	398	2,795	R+20.9
Love	1,753 64.2%	884 32.4%	95	2,732	D+31.8
Tillman	1,263 47.9%	1,034 39.2%	338	2,635	D+8.7
Grant	875 40.9%	941 44.0%	325	2,141	R+3.1
Coal	1,360 66.5%	554 27.1%	132	2,046	D+39.4
Alfalfa	782 38.3%	964 47.2%	297	2,043	R+8.9
Beaver	561 28.4%	1,297 65.6%	119	1,977	R+37.2
Jefferson	1,057 53.7%	756 38.4%	155	1,968	D+15.3
Greer	957 49.4%	651 33.6%	331	1,939	D+15.8
Cotton	799 43.2%	717 38.8%	333	1,849	D+4.4
Dewey	820 44.4%	744 40.3%	283	1,847	D+4.1
Ellis	633 38.6%	739 45.0%	270	1,642	R+6.5
Roger Mills	614 42.9%	632 44.2%	185	1,431	R+1.3
Harper	594 41.8%	642 45.1%	186	1,422	R+3.4
Cimarron	298 23.3%	909 71.0%	74	1,281	R+47.7
Harmon	446 50.2%	310 34.9%	133	889	D+15.3

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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