All racesOklahoma State senate, 26th districtFEED 8:05 PM ET, 0s AGO
Oklahoma runoff, August 25, 2026

State senate, 26th district

Republican runoff
Polls close 8:00 PM ET
Too close to call, ahead
51.2%Rick Koch+2.5 over Winegeart
Votes counted
685of about 8,055 expected
Share of expected vote in
8.5%0 of 49 precincts have reported
Lead holds
57%modeled from the margin and 8.5% counted, not a poll

The field

2 on the ballot, ordered by vote.

Rick Koch51.2%351 votes
Jessica Winegeart48.8%334 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 685 votes counted so far, 685 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 absentee27.9%191 votesEarly in person72.1%494 votes
Mail and absentee191 votes, 28% of the count
Koch54.5%104Winegeart45.5%87
Koch won mail and absentee ballots by 8.9 points over Winegeart.
Early in person494 votes, 72% of the count
Koch50.0%247Winegeart50.0%247
Koch won early in person ballots by 0.0 points over Winegeart.

Registered voters across the counties in this race: 45,451 in total, 9,819 Democratic, 28,101 Republican, 7,139 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 5 counties finished, 3 reporting anything. About 7,370 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.

KochWinegeartNot yet reporting

The map is framed on the 5 counties this district covers, with the rest of Oklahoma drawn around them. 2 of 5 counties have not reported a vote yet, so they are left unshaded.

Every county

5 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.