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The1982 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, and was a race forGovernor of Oklahoma.DemocratGeorge Nigh won re-election by a substantial majority over theRepublican, formerState Auditor and InspectorTom Daxon.[1] This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which a candidate carried every county in the state.
With Nigh's victory, he became the first Oklahoma governor to serve two consecutive terms.
Primary elections were held on August 24, 1982 with runoffs occurring on September 21, 1982, although no runoffs were required in the gubernatorial race.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Nigh (incumbent) | 379,301 | 82.63% | |
| Democratic | Howard L. Bell | 79,735 | 17.37% | |
| Total votes | 459,036 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Daxon | 73,677 | 64.72% | |
| Republican | Neal A. McCaleb | 35,379 | 31.08% | |
| Republican | Don House | 4,790 | 4.21% | |
| Total votes | 113,846 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George Nigh (incumbent) | 548,159 | 62.07% | +10.33% | |
| Republican | Tom Daxon | 332,207 | 37.62% | −9.60% | |
| Independent | Allah-U-Akbar Allah-U Wahid | 2,764 | 0.31% | ||
| Total votes | 883,130 | 100.00% | |||
| Majority | 215,952 | 24.45% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | +19.93% | |||
This is the most recent gubernatorial election in whichBeaver County andTexas County have backed the Democratic candidate.
| County[2] | George Nigh Democratic | Tom Daxon Republican | Allah-U Wahid Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 4,112 | 67.55% | 1,965 | 32.28% | 10 | 0.16% | 2,147 | 35.27% | 6,087 |
| Alfalfa | 1,969 | 66.01% | 1,012 | 33.93% | 2 | 0.07% | 957 | 32.08% | 2,983 |
| Atoka | 3,351 | 84.20% | 624 | 15.68% | 5 | 0.13% | 2,727 | 68.52% | 3,980 |
| Beaver | 1,471 | 63.79% | 832 | 36.08% | 3 | 0.13% | 639 | 27.71% | 2,306 |
| Beckham | 3,765 | 72.33% | 1,439 | 27.65% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,326 | 44.69% | 5,205 |
| Blaine | 2,840 | 62.01% | 1,736 | 37.90% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,104 | 24.10% | 4,580 |
| Bryan | 6,928 | 84.79% | 1,234 | 15.10% | 9 | 0.11% | 5,694 | 69.69% | 8,171 |
| Caddo | 5,907 | 72.73% | 2,204 | 27.14% | 11 | 0.14% | 3,703 | 45.59% | 8,122 |
| Canadian | 9,290 | 54.07% | 7,872 | 45.82% | 19 | 0.11% | 1,418 | 8.25% | 17,181 |
| Carter | 8,404 | 68.94% | 3,772 | 30.94% | 15 | 0.12% | 4,632 | 38.00% | 12,191 |
| Cherokee | 5,933 | 69.00% | 2,645 | 30.76% | 20 | 0.23% | 3,288 | 38.24% | 8,598 |
| Choctaw | 3,420 | 81.14% | 784 | 18.60% | 11 | 0.26% | 2,636 | 62.54% | 4,215 |
| Cimarron | 937 | 56.07% | 729 | 43.63% | 5 | 0.30% | 208 | 12.45% | 1,671 |
| Cleveland | 21,381 | 56.97% | 16,080 | 42.84% | 70 | 0.19% | 5,301 | 14.12% | 37,531 |
| Coal | 1,536 | 82.85% | 313 | 16.88% | 5 | 0.27% | 1,223 | 65.97% | 1,854 |
| Comanche | 15,111 | 72.07% | 5,824 | 27.78% | 33 | 0.16% | 9,287 | 44.29% | 20,968 |
| Cotton | 1,804 | 79.51% | 461 | 20.32% | 4 | 0.18% | 1,343 | 59.19% | 2,269 |
| Craig | 3,417 | 77.62% | 976 | 22.17% | 9 | 0.20% | 2,441 | 55.45% | 4,402 |
| Creek | 10,088 | 64.29% | 5,583 | 35.58% | 20 | 0.13% | 4,505 | 28.71% | 15,691 |
| Custer | 5,208 | 67.16% | 2,546 | 32.83% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,662 | 34.33% | 7,755 |
| Delaware | 6,167 | 72.53% | 2,320 | 27.28% | 16 | 0.19% | 3,847 | 45.24% | 8,503 |
| Dewey | 1,472 | 64.85% | 794 | 34.98% | 4 | 0.18% | 678 | 29.87% | 2,270 |
| Ellis | 1,254 | 63.72% | 712 | 36.18% | 2 | 0.10% | 542 | 27.54% | 1,968 |
| Garfield | 9,956 | 54.62% | 8,265 | 45.34% | 8 | 0.04% | 1,691 | 9.28% | 18,229 |
| Garvin | 6,690 | 70.22% | 2,833 | 29.74% | 4 | 0.04% | 3,857 | 40.48% | 9,527 |
| Grady | 7,059 | 65.51% | 3,707 | 34.40% | 10 | 0.09% | 3,352 | 31.11% | 10,776 |
| Grant | 1,834 | 65.45% | 967 | 34.51% | 1 | 0.04% | 867 | 30.94% | 2,802 |
| Greer | 1,927 | 76.65% | 586 | 23.31% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,341 | 53.34% | 2,514 |
| Harmon | 1,189 | 80.99% | 279 | 19.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 910 | 61.99% | 1,468 |
| Harper | 1,186 | 64.00% | 664 | 35.83% | 3 | 0.16% | 522 | 28.17% | 1,853 |
| Haskell | 3,123 | 78.41% | 855 | 21.47% | 5 | 0.13% | 2,268 | 56.94% | 3,983 |
| Hughes | 3,501 | 77.59% | 1,002 | 22.21% | 9 | 0.20% | 2,499 | 55.39% | 4,512 |
| Jackson | 5,153 | 76.48% | 1,583 | 23.49% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,570 | 52.98% | 6,738 |
| Jefferson | 1,823 | 79.57% | 465 | 20.30% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,357 | 59.28% | 2,291 |
| Johnston | 2,648 | 81.98% | 573 | 17.74% | 9 | 0.28% | 2,075 | 64.24% | 3,230 |
| Kay | 10,283 | 57.68% | 7,526 | 42.21% | 20 | 0.11% | 2,757 | 15.46% | 17,829 |
| Kingfisher | 3,127 | 55.93% | 2,455 | 43.91% | 9 | 0.16% | 672 | 12.02% | 5,591 |
| Kiowa | 3,119 | 77.22% | 917 | 22.70% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,202 | 54.52% | 4,039 |
| Latimer | 2,364 | 77.64% | 679 | 22.30% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,685 | 55.34% | 3,045 |
| Le Flore | 9,552 | 82.14% | 2,058 | 17.70% | 19 | 0.16% | 7,494 | 64.44% | 11,629 |
| Lincoln | 5,436 | 59.64% | 3,665 | 40.21% | 13 | 0.14% | 1,771 | 19.43% | 9,114 |
| Logan | 4,722 | 58.06% | 3,391 | 41.69% | 20 | 0.25% | 1,331 | 16.37% | 8,133 |
| Love | 2,717 | 85.55% | 452 | 14.23% | 7 | 0.22% | 2,265 | 71.32% | 3,176 |
| Major | 1,799 | 60.65% | 1,164 | 39.24% | 3 | 0.10% | 635 | 21.41% | 2,966 |
| Marshall | 3,246 | 79.27% | 843 | 20.59% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,403 | 58.68% | 4,095 |
| Mayes | 7,002 | 69.67% | 3,034 | 30.19% | 14 | 0.14% | 3,968 | 39.48% | 10,050 |
| McClain | 4,099 | 64.71% | 2,230 | 35.21% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,869 | 29.51% | 6,334 |
| McCurtain | 4,562 | 73.44% | 1,641 | 26.42% | 9 | 0.14% | 2,921 | 47.02% | 6,212 |
| McIntosh | 4,310 | 74.71% | 1,454 | 25.20% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,856 | 49.51% | 5,769 |
| Murray | 2,903 | 73.72% | 1,033 | 26.23% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,870 | 47.49% | 3,938 |
| Muskogee | 13,781 | 69.63% | 5,984 | 30.24% | 26 | 0.13% | 7,797 | 39.40% | 19,791 |
| Noble | 2,579 | 58.35% | 1,834 | 41.49% | 7 | 0.16% | 745 | 16.86% | 4,420 |
| Nowata | 2,756 | 70.98% | 1,122 | 28.90% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,634 | 42.08% | 3,883 |
| Okfuskee | 2,295 | 69.80% | 985 | 29.96% | 8 | 0.24% | 1,310 | 39.84% | 3,288 |
| Oklahoma | 83,706 | 52.48% | 74,087 | 46.45% | 1,704 | 1.07% | 9,619 | 6.03% | 159,497 |
| Okmulgee | 8,140 | 72.66% | 3,052 | 27.24% | 11 | 0.10% | 5,088 | 45.42% | 11,203 |
| Osage | 7,576 | 67.29% | 3,667 | 32.57% | 16 | 0.14% | 3,909 | 34.72% | 11,259 |
| Ottawa | 7,497 | 78.30% | 2,069 | 21.61% | 9 | 0.09% | 5,428 | 56.69% | 9,575 |
| Pawnee | 2,905 | 59.01% | 2,007 | 40.77% | 11 | 0.22% | 898 | 18.24% | 4,923 |
| Payne | 10,804 | 60.24% | 7,093 | 39.55% | 39 | 0.22% | 3,711 | 20.69% | 17,936 |
| Pittsburg | 9,352 | 78.91% | 2,480 | 20.93% | 19 | 0.16% | 6,872 | 57.99% | 11,851 |
| Pontotoc | 7,481 | 71.66% | 2,953 | 28.29% | 5 | 0.05% | 4,528 | 43.38% | 10,439 |
| Pottawatomie | 11,508 | 65.97% | 5,920 | 33.94% | 16 | 0.09% | 5,588 | 32.03% | 17,444 |
| Pushmataha | 2,785 | 80.28% | 678 | 19.54% | 6 | 0.17% | 2,107 | 60.74% | 3,469 |
| Roger Mills | 1,154 | 70.19% | 484 | 29.44% | 6 | 0.36% | 670 | 40.75% | 1,644 |
| Rogers | 8,775 | 61.66% | 5,441 | 38.23% | 15 | 0.11% | 3,334 | 23.43% | 14,231 |
| Seminole | 5,447 | 72.68% | 2,036 | 27.17% | 11 | 0.15% | 3,411 | 45.52% | 7,494 |
| Sequoyah | 5,889 | 79.86% | 1,473 | 19.98% | 12 | 0.16% | 4,416 | 59.89% | 7,374 |
| Stephens | 9,827 | 70.40% | 4,123 | 29.54% | 8 | 0.06% | 5,704 | 40.87% | 13,958 |
| Texas | 2,852 | 55.75% | 2,254 | 44.06% | 10 | 0.20% | 598 | 11.69% | 5,116 |
| Tillman | 2,742 | 76.91% | 821 | 23.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,921 | 53.88% | 3,565 |
| Tulsa | 71,098 | 51.08% | 67,784 | 48.70% | 310 | 0.22% | 3,314 | 2.38% | 139,192 |
| Wagoner | 7,142 | 62.35% | 4,303 | 37.56% | 10 | 0.09% | 2,839 | 24.78% | 11,455 |
| Washington | 9,946 | 56.24% | 7,722 | 43.66% | 18 | 0.10% | 2,224 | 12.57% | 17,686 |
| Washita | 2,848 | 69.55% | 1,245 | 30.40% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,603 | 39.15% | 4,095 |
| Woods | 2,630 | 61.09% | 1,670 | 38.79% | 5 | 0.12% | 960 | 22.30% | 4,305 |
| Woodward | 3,549 | 62.34% | 2,142 | 37.63% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,407 | 24.71% | 5,693 |
| Totals | 548,159 | 62.07% | 332,207 | 37.62% | 2,764 | 0.31% | 215,952 | 24.45% | 883,130 |
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