2026 results · Oklahoma · county
Payne County, Oklahoma
Hern carried Payne County by 12.9 points in the Senate race, 12.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+25.3). 6 races have votes counted here.
- Votes counted, Senate
- 20,607
- 70% of the 29,279 votes for president in 2024
- 2026 margin
- R+12.9
- 2024 president
- R+25.3
- Shift from 2024
- 12.4 pts → D
- In Oklahoma
- 5th of 77
- The 5th best county for Thomas of the 77 counted; 11th for turnout against 2024.
Statewide races
- Oklahoma SenateKevin Hern won · R+17.9 across the state41.6% N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas54.5% Kevin HernR+12.920,607 votes12.4 pts → D2024 R+25.3
- Oklahoma GovernorMike Mazzei won · R+6.0 across the state51.9% Cyndi Munson46.2% Mike MazzeiD+5.720,669 votes31.0 pts → D2024 R+25.3
- Oklahoma Attorney GeneralJon Echols won · R+10.7 across the state48.4% Nick Coffey51.6% Jon EcholsR+3.120,575 votes22.2 pts → D2024 R+25.3
- Oklahoma Lieutenant GovernorT. W. Shannon won · R+15.6 across the state45.7% Kelly Forbes54.3% T. W. ShannonR+8.520,639 votes16.8 pts → D2024 R+25.3
- Oklahoma TreasurerCindy Byrd won · Byrd +50.8 across the state77.6% Cindy Byrd22.4% Kiefer PerryByrd +55.119,071 votes80.4 pts → D2024 R+25.3
The House
- Oklahoma 3rd DistrictPayne County's part of the district · Frank Lucas won · R+27.9 across the district42.7% Suzie Byrd57.3% Frank LucasR+14.520,585 votes10.8 pts → D2024 R+25.3
Also on the ballot here, with nothing counted in this county yet: Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction. Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.