Ballot Measures, June 30, 2020
Oklahoma voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on June 30, 2020.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| State Question 802 | Expands Medicaid in Oklahoma to certain low-income adults between 18 and 65 with incomes below 133% of the federal poverty level | Passed (50.49% yes) |
General Election, November 3, 2020
Oklahoma held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 126 legislative seats and the office of Corporation Commissioner. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Republicans stretched their House advantage to 82-19 and held their 39-9 Senate majority, keeping the two-thirds majorities that would draw Oklahoma's post-2020-census maps. Voters rejected both statewide questions.
- Republicans gained five House seats, all from Democrats, and House Democrats lost three of their four rural seats. Two of the gains were open seats: Democrats fielded no candidate in House District 7, and Dick Lowe (R) won House District 56 by about 34 points over Craig Parham (D). The other three came from unseating Democratic incumbents:
- The Senate traded one seat each way. Cody Rogers (R) unseated Sen. Allison Ikley-Freeman (D) by about 34 points in Senate District 37. Jo Anna Dossett (D) won the open, Republican-held Senate District 35 over Cheryl Baber (R) by fewer than 650 votes, even though she was outspent by more than two-to-one.
- Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett (R) won re-election by about 52 points over Todd Hagopian (L), with no Democrat on the ballot.
- The closest legislative race was in House District 46, where Rep. Jacob Rosecrants (D) held on by fewer than 80 votes over Nancy Sangirardi (R). Another 76 seats drew no general-election opponent and never appeared on the November ballot.
- Both state questions failed:
- State Question 805, which would have barred using prior nonviolent felony convictions to lengthen sentences for new nonviolent crimes, was soundly defeated despite a campaign that raised more than $7.2 million, mostly from the ACLU and FWD.us.
- State Question 814 also fell short. It would have cut the share of tobacco-settlement money deposited in the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund from 75% to 25%, redirecting the rest to help fund the Medicaid expansion voters had approved that June.
Legislature
- House (101 seats): 26 D, 75 R before the election, 19 D, 82 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (48 seats): 10 D, 38 R before the election, 9 D, 39 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Statewide races
Legislative races
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| State Question 805 | Would have prohibited courts from using prior felony convictions to enhance sentences beyond statutory maximums for nonviolent offenses. | Failed (38.92% yes) |
| State Question 814 | Decreases payments made to the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund from 75% to 25%, directs the legislature to appropriate money from the fund to secure federal matching funds for the state's Medicaid program | Failed (41.21% yes) |