Don Nickles, U.S. Senator

Don Nickles

U.S. Senator
Born
December 6, 1948
Current age
77
Home state
Oklahoma
Party
Republican
On the ballot
1980–1998
4-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Nickles2.4M
Opponents1.7M
4
Elections run

Between 1980 and 1998, Don Nickles ran in 4 U.S. Senate elections, winning all 4. Nickles's biggest single-election total was 757,876 votes, in the 1992 U.S. Senate election in Oklahoma. Nickles's closest win came in the 1986 U.S. Senate election in Oklahoma, decided by 93,206 votes.

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How many votes has Don Nickles received?

Don Nickles has received 2,409,246 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–0.

Election history

Don Nickles’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
1998U.S. SenateOklahomaWon570,68266.38%Don E. Carroll
Mike Morris

Argus W. Yandell Jr.
1992U.S. SenateOklahomaWon757,87658.55%Steve Lewis
Roy V Edwards

Thomas D. Ledgerwood II
1986U.S. SenateOklahomaWon493,43655.21%James R. Jones
1980U.S. SenateOklahomaWon587,25253.47%Andy Coats
Charles Nesbitt

Robert T. Murphy

Paul Edward Trent
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (N000102) and Wikidata (Q1239374). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Don Nickles: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/don-nickles. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.