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1980 Oklahoma U.S. Senate Election

Oklahoma · 5 candidates · See every 1980 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1980 Oklahoma U.S. Senate Election?

Don Nickles won the 1980 Oklahoma U.S. Senate Election. Don Nickles received 587,252 popular votes (53.47%). The main challenger was Andy Coats (43.55%).

See the full head-to-head between Nickles and Coats

Nickles +9.9 pts · won by 108,969 votes
Don NicklesRepublicanWINNER53.47%
587,252 votes
Andy CoatsDemocratic43.55%
478,283 votes
Charles NesbittIndependent1.93%
21,179 votes
Robert T. MurphyLibertarian0.89%
9,757 votes
Paul Edward TrentIndependent0.17%
1,823 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.