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Originally, the Oklahoma Constitution based Senate districts on Oklahoma's counties. The 19 most populous counties, as determined by the most recent federal census, were each to elect one senator. The 58 less populous counties were to be joined into 29 two-county districts, each of which was to elect one senator.
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 60th Oklahoma Legislature is the upcoming meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It meets in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027, during the second two years of the second administration of Governor Kevin Stitt .
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 ...
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Fred Roy Harris (November 13, 1930 – November 23, 2024) was an American politician from Oklahoma who served from 1957 to 1964 as a member of the Oklahoma Senate and from 1964 to 1973 as a member of the United States Senate. Harris was elected to the Oklahoma Senate after graduating from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Oklahoma was admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907, and elects United States senators to class 2 and class 3. The state's current U.S. senators are Republicans James Lankford (serving since 2015) and Markwayne Mullin (serving since 2023). Oklahoma's longest-serving senator was Jim Inhofe, who served from 1994 to 2023.
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 .