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After women in Oklahoma earned the right to vote in 1918, the Oklahoma Senate gained its first female state senator. Lamar Looney was elected in 1920 over a male incumbent, G. L. Wilson. Looney was a progressive Democrat and served from 1921 to 1929.
The Oklahoma Senate is composed of 48 members, [1] each representing an electoral district in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2019, the majority of seats are held by Republicans. The current President Pro Tempore is Greg Treat of Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate are the two houses that make up the bicameral state legislature. There are 101 state representatives, each serving a two-year term, and 48 state senators, who serve four-year terms that are staggered so only half of the Oklahoma Senate districts are eligible in each election cycle ...
The winner will replace outgoing Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd. District 47: In this Oklahoma City metro battle for the seat of outgoing Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat, Democrat Erin Brewer is ...
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the state legislature with its 48 seats divided equally among the state's 48 senatorial districts. The state senators serve a four-year staggered term, with half of the Senate up for reelection every even-numbered year. [16]
Map of Oklahoma's congressional districts since 2023 As of the 2010 census , there are five United States congressional districts in Oklahoma . It was one of the states that was able to keep the same number of congressional districts from the previous census (in the past, Oklahoma has had as many as nine House of Representatives seats).
State senators served four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate. The 2022 election cycle was the first election following redistricting . Redistricting in Oklahoma was postponed to a special legislative session, because of the 2020 United States census data's release being delayed. [ 2 ]
The 2024 Oklahoma Senate election took place on November 5, 2024. The primary elections for the Republican , Democratic , and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 18, 2024. [ 1 ] Oklahoma voters elected state senators to serve four-year terms in 24 of the 48 Senate districts .