Election Name: | 1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Country: | Oklahoma |
Flag Year: | 1988 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1994 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma |
Previous Year: | 1994 (special) |
Next Election: | 2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
Image1: | Jim Inhofe official photo (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jim Inhofe |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 670,610 |
Percentage1: | 56.68% |
Nominee2: | James Boren |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 474,162 |
Percentage2: | 40.08% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Jim Inhofe |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jim Inhofe |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1996 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, first elected in a 1994 special election, won re-election to his first full term. This election is the first time that a Republican United States Senator was re-elected to the Class 2 Senate seat from Oklahoma.