All racesOklahoma State house, 18th districtFEED 8:05 PM ET, 0s AGO
Oklahoma runoff, August 25, 2026

State house, 18th district

Republican runoff
Polls close 8:00 PM ET
Too close to call, ahead
54.2%Pamela Gordon+8.5 over Smith
Votes counted
142of about 2,970 expected
Share of expected vote in
4.8%0 of 42 precincts have reported
Lead holds
73%modeled from the margin and 4.8% counted, not a poll

The field

2 on the ballot, ordered by vote.

Pamela Gordon54.2%77 votes
David SmithINCUMBENT45.8%65 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 142 votes counted so far, 142 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type
Mail and absentee12.0%17 votesEarly in person88.0%125 votes
Mail and absentee17 votes, 12% of the count
Smith76.5%13Gordon23.5%4
Early in person125 votes, 88% of the count
Gordon58.4%73Smith41.6%52
Gordon won early in person ballots by 16.8 points over Smith.

Registered voters across the counties in this race: 21,185 in total, 5,597 Democratic, 12,137 Republican, 3,304 unaffiliated or other. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

0 of 4 counties finished, 2 reporting anything. About 2,828 votes still outstanding, concentrated here.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each county, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

GordonSmithNot yet reporting

The map is framed on the 4 counties this district covers, with the rest of Oklahoma drawn around them. 2 of 4 counties have not reported a vote yet, so they are left unshaded.

Every county

4 counties in this race. 2 counties have counted nothing yet. Click any of them to break it down above.

Returns from Decision Desk HQ. Percentages are shares of this contest. Where a county reports no precinct count, progress is its vote against the expected total instead. Lead confidence reflects how much of the vote is still out, not a poll. Unofficial until certified.