Oklahoma 2026 SENATE FORECAST
2026 Oklahoma Senate Forecast:
The Pollsmax 2026 Oklahoma Senate forecast currently gives Republican Kevin Hern a 98.8% chance of defeating Democrat N'Kiyla Thomas. Pollsmax projects Hern to receive 64.8% of the vote compared with 35.2% for Thomas, a projected Republican margin of 29.6 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Solid Republican. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.
The 2026 Oklahoma Senate election features Democrat TBD and Republican Kevin Hern. The seat is open and is currently controlled by Republicans. In 2024, Donald Trump won Oklahoma by a landslide, and Republicans are expected to easily retain the state's Senate seat in 2026. The race will test whether Democrats can gain any traction in one of the most Republican states in the country or whether Hern can keep Oklahoma safely in the GOP column. Oklahoma is expected to remain safely Republican as the GOP works to preserve control of the US Senate.
- Year
- 2026
- Race
- Senate
- State
- Oklahoma
- Democratic candidate
- N'Kiyla Thomas
- Republican candidate
- Kevin Hern
- Incumbent / open seat
- Open Seat
- Forecast rating
- Solid R
- Projected vote
- 35.2% D / 64.8% R
- Projected margin
- R +29.6
- Forecast odds
- 1.2% D / 98.8% R
- Forecast last updated
- 12:00 AM on November 3, 2026
- Polling average
- 23.3% D / 50.7% R
- Polling average margin
- R +27.4
- Polling last updated
- 12:00 AM on August 6, 2026
- Polls included
- 1
- Latest poll
- Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates (R) — August 6, 2026