Election Name: | 1930 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Country: | Oklahoma |
Flag Year: | 1925 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1936 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1930 |
Image1: | File:ThomasGore3c32246u crop.jpg |
Nominee1: | Thomas Gore |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 255,838 |
Percentage1: | 52.29% |
Nominee2: | William B. Pine |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 232,589 |
Percentage2: | 47.54% |
Map Size: | 200px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | William B. Pine |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Thomas Gore |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1930 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1930. Incumbent Republican Senator William B. Pine ran for re-election to a second term. In the Democratic primary, former U.S. Senator Thomas Gore emerged victorious in a crowded Democratic primary that included three former governors and one of the first female candidates for statewide office. Gore won a slim plurality in the initial election, and defeated C. J. Wrightsman, an oilman from Tulsa, in the runoff by a wide margin. In the general election, aided by the national Democratic landslide, Gore narrowly defeated Pine, returning to the Senate for one final term.