1990 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

1990 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
November 6, 1990
 
Nominee David Walters Bill Price Thomas Ledgerwood
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 523,196 297,584 90,534
Percentage 57.41% 32.65% 9.93%
County results
Walters:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Price:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Henry Bellmon
Republican

Elected Governor

David Walters
Democratic

The 1990 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the governor of Oklahoma. Democratic businessman David Walters won the election easily despite his lack of political experience.[1]

This is most recent gubernatorial election in which Cimarron County has voted Democratic.

Primary election

Primary elections were held on August 28, 1990 with runoffs occurring on September 18, 1990.

Democratic party

Businessman David Walters secured the Democratic nomination for the second consecutive election after defeating US Representative Wes Watkins in a runoff.

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wes Watkins 175,568 32.33%
Democratic David Walters 171,730 31.63%
Democratic Steve Lewis 160,455 29.55%
Democratic John "Shorty" Barnett 23,648 4.36%
Democratic Anne Hartin Langston 11,605 2.14%
Total votes 543,006 100.00%
Democratic primary runoff results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Walters 243,252 50.69%
Democratic Wes Watkins 236,597 49.31%
Total votes 479,849 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

  • Vince Orza, businessman
  • Bill Price, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
  • Burns Hargis, attorney
  • Jerry Brown, independent candidate for governor in 1986
  • Jerry Hoyt

Results

Republican primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vince Orza 75,992 40.11%
Republican Bill Price 51,355 27.11%
Republican Burns Hargis 33,641 17.76%
Republican Jerry Brown 25,670 13.55%
Republican Jerry Hoyt 2,792 1.47%
Total votes 189,450 100.00%
Republican primary runoff results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Price 94,682 50.83%
Republican Vince Orza 91,599 49.17%
Total votes 186,281 100.00%

General Election

Results

1990 Oklahoma gubernatorial election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David Walters 523,196 57.41% +12.87%
Republican Bill Price 297,584 32.65% −14.80%
Independent Thomas D. Ledgerwood II 90,534 9.93%
Total votes 913,314 100.00%
Majority 225,612 24.76%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing +27.67%

Results by county

County[2] David Walters
Democratic 		Bill Price
Republican 		Thomas D. Ledgerwood
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,512 62.89% 1,168 29.24% 314 7.86% 1,344 33.65% 3,994
Alfalfa 1,313 49.38% 874 32.87% 472 17.75% 439 16.51% 2,659
Atoka 2,826 74.51% 818 21.57% 149 3.93% 2,008 52.94% 3,793
Beaver 1,025 44.20% 1,082 46.66% 212 9.14% -57 -2.46% 2,319
Beckham 4,041 71.38% 1,321 23.34% 299 5.28% 2,720 48.05% 5,661
Blaine 2,517 55.82% 1,262 27.99% 730 16.19% 1,255 27.83% 4,509
Bryan 5,805 72.04% 1,969 24.44% 284 3.52% 3,836 47.60% 8,058
Caddo 5,833 69.42% 1,846 21.97% 723 8.61% 3,987 47.45% 8,402
Canadian 10,200 47.26% 8,721 40.40% 2,663 12.34% 1,479 6.85% 21,584
Carter 8,249 64.89% 3,557 27.98% 906 7.13% 4,692 36.91% 12,712
Cherokee 6,750 68.34% 2,180 22.07% 947 9.59% 4,570 46.27% 9,877
Choctaw 3,878 76.28% 1,086 21.36% 120 2.36% 2,792 54.92% 5,084
Cimarron 683 48.58% 635 45.16% 88 6.26% 48 3.41% 1,406
Cleveland 24,222 51.77% 16,802 35.91% 5,762 12.32% 7,420 15.86% 46,786
Coal 1,621 74.32% 429 19.67% 131 6.01% 1,192 54.65% 2,181
Comanche 13,159 59.80% 7,890 35.85% 957 4.35% 5,269 23.94% 22,006
Cotton 1,777 75.46% 524 22.25% 54 2.29% 1,253 53.21% 2,355
Craig 2,862 65.34% 1,161 26.51% 357 8.15% 1,701 38.84% 4,380
Creek 8,904 59.96% 4,176 28.12% 1,771 11.93% 4,728 31.84% 14,851
Custer 5,516 63.12% 2,475 28.32% 748 8.56% 3,041 34.80% 8,739
Delaware 4,581 62.01% 2,132 28.86% 675 9.14% 2,449 33.15% 7,388
Dewey 1,459 60.51% 637 26.42% 315 13.07% 822 34.09% 2,411
Ellis 1,078 54.42% 623 31.45% 280 14.13% 455 22.97% 1,981
Garfield 9,543 52.46% 5,806 31.92% 2,843 15.63% 3,737 20.54% 18,192
Garvin 5,335 62.19% 2,312 26.95% 931 10.85% 3,023 35.24% 8,578
Grady 7,387 59.49% 3,817 30.74% 1,214 9.78% 3,570 28.75% 12,418
Grant 1,317 49.98% 786 29.83% 532 20.19% 531 20.15% 2,635
Greer 1,745 69.14% 608 24.09% 171 6.77% 1,137 45.05% 2,524
Harmon 1,116 75.87% 300 20.39% 55 3.74% 816 55.47% 1,471
Harper 901 49.89% 597 33.06% 308 17.05% 304 16.83% 1,806
Haskell 3,137 75.75% 750 18.11% 254 6.13% 2,387 57.64% 4,141
Hughes 3,008 68.50% 900 20.50% 483 11.00% 2,108 48.01% 4,391
Jackson 4,310 66.10% 1,796 27.55% 414 6.35% 2,514 38.56% 6,520
Jefferson 1,831 76.71% 470 19.69% 86 3.60% 1,361 57.02% 2,387
Johnston 2,015 72.48% 599 21.55% 166 5.97% 1,416 50.94% 2,780
Kay 7,737 51.39% 5,439 36.13% 1,878 12.48% 2,298 15.27% 15,054
Kingfisher 2,306 45.43% 2,087 41.12% 683 13.46% 219 4.31% 5,076
Kiowa 2,805 71.05% 923 23.38% 220 5.57% 1,882 47.67% 3,948
Latimer 2,245 72.72% 608 19.70% 234 7.58% 1,637 53.03% 3,087
Le Flore 8,602 74.69% 2,622 22.77% 293 2.54% 5,980 51.92% 11,517
Lincoln 4,995 55.29% 2,860 31.65% 1,180 13.06% 2,135 23.63% 9,035
Logan 5,247 53.75% 3,446 35.30% 1,068 10.94% 1,801 18.45% 9,761
Love 1,804 74.61% 471 19.48% 143 5.91% 1,333 55.13% 2,418
Major 1,581 48.44% 1,120 34.31% 563 17.25% 461 14.12% 3,264
Marshall 2,880 71.54% 930 23.10% 216 5.37% 1,950 48.44% 4,026
Mayes 6,539 63.62% 2,702 26.29% 1,037 10.09% 3,837 37.33% 10,278
McClain 4,389 59.33% 2,177 29.43% 831 11.23% 2,212 29.90% 7,397
McCurtain 5,584 77.17% 1,434 19.82% 218 3.01% 4,150 57.35% 7,236
McIntosh 4,466 72.41% 1,229 19.93% 473 7.67% 3,237 52.48% 6,168
Murray 2,824 66.10% 987 23.10% 461 10.79% 1,837 43.00% 4,272
Muskogee 11,525 64.96% 4,526 25.51% 1,691 9.53% 6,999 39.45% 17,742
Noble 2,144 50.45% 1,417 33.34% 689 16.21% 727 17.11% 4,250
Nowata 1,996 61.38% 920 28.29% 336 10.33% 1,076 33.09% 3,252
Okfuskee 2,390 67.82% 794 22.53% 340 9.65% 1,596 45.29% 3,524
Oklahoma 85,019 49.79% 69,514 40.71% 16,239 9.51% 15,505 9.08% 170,772
Okmulgee 6,811 65.27% 2,432 23.31% 1,192 11.42% 4,379 41.96% 10,435
Osage 7,249 63.72% 2,829 24.87% 1,299 11.42% 4,420 38.85% 11,377
Ottawa 5,854 70.66% 2,014 24.31% 417 5.03% 3,840 46.35% 8,285
Pawnee 2,703 57.57% 1,372 29.22% 620 13.21% 1,331 28.35% 4,695
Payne 9,921 55.29% 5,803 32.34% 2,220 12.37% 4,118 22.95% 17,944
Pittsburg 8,797 69.17% 3,010 23.67% 911 7.16% 5,787 45.50% 12,718
Pontotoc 5,785 53.15% 3,605 33.12% 1,495 13.73% 2,180 20.03% 10,885
Pottawatomie 10,141 56.73% 5,823 32.57% 1,913 10.70% 4,318 24.15% 17,877
Pushmataha 3,121 78.38% 749 18.81% 112 2.81% 2,372 59.57% 3,982
Roger Mills 1,304 66.19% 459 23.30% 207 10.51% 845 42.89% 1,970
Rogers 9,517 57.15% 5,075 30.47% 2,061 12.38% 4,442 26.67% 16,653
Seminole 5,157 64.31% 2,135 26.62% 727 9.07% 3,022 37.69% 8,019
Sequoyah 7,250 75.40% 1,970 20.49% 395 4.11% 5,280 54.91% 9,615
Stephens 8,556 60.05% 4,784 33.58% 907 6.37% 3,772 26.48% 14,247
Texas 2,063 41.74% 2,585 52.31% 294 5.95% -522 -10.56% 4,942
Tillman 2,166 71.82% 743 24.64% 107 3.55% 1,423 47.18% 3,016
Tulsa 72,730 52.76% 49,403 35.84% 15,710 11.40% 23,327 16.92% 137,843
Wagoner 7,334 58.13% 3,911 31.00% 1,372 10.87% 3,423 27.13% 12,617
Washington 8,072 49.83% 6,419 39.63% 1,707 10.54% 1,653 10.20% 16,198
Washita 3,175 73.29% 800 18.47% 357 8.24% 2,375 54.82% 4,332
Woods 2,215 55.82% 1,259 31.73% 494 12.45% 956 24.09% 3,968
Woodward 3,741 56.34% 2,089 31.46% 810 12.20% 1,652 24.88% 6,640
Totals 523,196 57.41% 297,584 32.65% 90,534 9.93% 225,612 24.76% 911,314

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "1990 results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board. pp. 2, 4, 7, 8, 10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ward, Lance, ed. (1990). State of Oklahoma Election Results and Statistics 1990. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved January 8, 2026.


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