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      Nov. 4, 2014 U.S. Senate                                      

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+Jim Inhofe (R) i
 		558,166
 		68.01%
Matt Silverstein (D)
 		234,307
 		28.55%
Joan Farr (I) 10,554
 1.29%
Ray Woods (I)
 9,913
 1.21%
Aaron DeLozier (I)
 7,793
 0.95%

820,733
Registered Voters:  2,027,761.   
Plurality:  323,859 votes (39.46 percentage points).
 OK State Election Board



Notes:  Sen. James Inhofe (R), first elected to the U.S. Senate in a Nov. 8, 1994 special election, had little difficulty winning a fourth full term, trouncing Matt Silverstein (D), an investment advisor from Bixby (Tulsa), as well as independents Joan Farr, Ray Woods, and Aaron DeLozier.

In addition to his experience in the Senate, Ihofe previously served in the House, as Tulsa Mayor and in the state legislature.  He was approaching 80 years old and had undergone quadruple bypass surgery in Oct. 2013.  Silverstein, who describes himself as a Jewish Choctaw, was more than four decades Inhofe's junior, and had not run for office. 

In the June 24 primaries, Silverstein was unopposed, and  Inhofe tallied 87.68% of the vote.  In the general election, Inhofe refused to debate Silverstein.  The race was not financially competitive; the Inhofe campaign had a $5.1 warchest and spent more than ten times as much as the Silverstein campaign.


Campaign Managers:
Jim Inhofe  Rusty Appleton
Campaign manager and general consultant for the Friends of Inhofe Committee from Apr. 2013.; field representative and political director to Sen. Inhofe from Feb. 2011.  Operations manager at Sagac Public Affairs, Mar. 2009-Feb. 2011.  Assistant finance director on the Friends of Jim Inhofe Committee, Aug. 2007-Jan. 2009.  Project manager and analyst at Wilson Research Strategies, Aug. 2006-Aug. 2007.  B.A. in political science and government from University of Central Oklahoma, 2006.

Matt Silverstein 








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