Oklahoma State Senate District 39
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Dave Rader Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
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- Last election
- Dave Rader (Republican) won by 12.6 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 36,100
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave RaderWon Republican 20,32656.3% DemocraticMelissa Bryce Democratic 15,77443.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,382
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave RaderWon(incumbent) Republican 20,49354.8% DemocraticShawna Mott-Wright Democratic 16,88945.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,795
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave RaderWon Republican 19,00253.1% DemocraticJohn Waldron Democratic 16,79346.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,416
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrian A. CrainWon(incumbent) Republican 19,01856.9% DemocraticJulie Hall Democratic 14,39843.1% - Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrian A. CrainWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,421
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrian A. CrainWon Republican 20,56575.0% IndependentMichael A. Shiflet Independent 6,85625.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,264
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry L. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican 19,61169.4% DemocraticAustin P. Hansen Democratic 8,65330.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,610
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry L. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican 20,14773.0% DemocraticJon Zelis Democratic 7,46327.0% - Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry L. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry L. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry L. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry L. SmithWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanStephen C. WolfeWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
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Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanStephen C. WolfeWon Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,169
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
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- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Oklahoma Senate District 39, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph R. McGrawWon(incumbent) Republican 10,60561.8% DemocraticFrank L. Turner Democratic 6,56438.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Oklahoma State Senate District 39, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ok/senate/39. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ok/sldu:39
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026