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+James Lankford (R) i
739,960
64.30%
Madison Horn (D)
369,370
32.10%
Michael L. Delaney (I)
20,907
1.82%
Kenneth D. Blevins (L)
20,495
1.78%

1,150,732

Registered Voters: 2,295,906 (Nov. 1, 2022).   
Plurality: 370,590 votes (32.20 percentage points).

 OK State Election Board




Notes: 
Sen. James Lankford (R) first elected in a 2014 special election, won a second full term, defeating cybersecurity expert Madison Horn (D) by a more than 30 percentage point margin.  Also running were Kenneth Blevins (L) and Michael L. Delaney (I).

On Jan 6, 2021 during the electoral vote count in the Senate, Lankford memorably had been speaking in support of the Arizona challenge, urging a pause in the count, when the Senate was forced to recess.  When the Senate returned, he joined 93 other Senators voting against the challenge.  Trump nonetheless endorsed Lankford on Sept. 27, 2022.

Horn worked from Nov. 2019 to mid-2022 as a global cyber portfolio lead / industrial cyber and digital security for Siemens Energy; previously she worked on cybersecurity and privacy at PwC and as a security consultant for FusionX. 
During her primary campaign, Horn toured all 77 counties, finishing on June 2.

There were no general election debates.
 

The race was extremely lopsided financially; the Lankford campaign raised $7.2 million, spent $5.6 million, and had cash on hand of $2.1 million.  In contrast the Horn campaign raised and spent a bit more than $368,000 (>). 

June 28 Primaries and Aug. 23 Democratic Runoff
In the June 28 Republican primary, Lankford faced Tulsa area pastor and businessman Jackson Lahmeyer.  Running as an America First candidate, Lahmeyer was endorsed by controversial Trumpworld figures Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, as well as by Oklahoma Republican Party chairman John Bennett.  Lankford declined to debate Lahmeyer.  Also running was frequent candidate Joan Farr.  State Sen. Nathan Dahm had also been in  the race, but switched to the open Inhofe seat in February. Of 358,465 votes tallied, Lankford won 67.83% to 26.38% for Lahmeyer and 5.79% for Farr.

Six candidates ran in the Democratic primary.  Of 163,194 votes tallied, Horn finished first with 37.19% followed by attorney Jason Bollinger (16.77%), former FBI special agent Dennis L. Baker (13.77%), Jo Glenn (12.99%), Brandon Wade (12.25%) and Arya Azma (7.03%).  In the Aug. 23 runoff, Horn defeated Bollinger by 65.48% to 34.52%.


Campaign Managers:
James Lankford:  Ashley Danae Hahn
B.A. from University of Central Oklahoma.

Madison Horn:  Frank Frantz
(from July 2022; started as finance and strategy director, Mar.-July 2022)  Founder of Bounced Coliving in Denver, Aug. 2020).  Technology consultant (Aug. 2019-Nov. 2019) and business technology analyst (July 2016-Aug. 2018) for Deloitte.  B.B.A. from University of Oklahoma, 2016.


See also:
Chris Casteel.  "Lankford is blocking progress, say Democrats vying to face him."  The Oklahoman, Aug. 8, 2022.

Nolan Clay.  "Democratic US Senate candidate Madison Horn gets  to stay on ballot in Oklahoma."  The Oklahoman, Apr. 27, 2022.

Russell Mills.  "Meet Madison Horn, the self-described "Conservative Democrat" running for US Senate in Oklahoma.  KRMG, Nov. 7, 2021.





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