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Oklahoma’s 3rd District

U.S. House · OK-3

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 43.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 71.5%

    Frank Lucas, incumbent

  • Democrat 28.5%

    Suzie Byrd

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
OK-3 71.5%28.5%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+27.3 54.5%−26.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over12.5% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Frank Lucas · Republican

Primary results

Held June 16, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Suzie Byrd 67.4% 16,504 votes
Republican primary Frank Lucas 70.8% 55,631 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Frank Lucas

    source
  • Democrat Open seat

    Suzie Byrd

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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 100.0 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 43.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • OK-4 Republican, safe seat
  • OK-5 Republican, competitive
  • OK-1 Republican, safe seat
  • OK-2 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated