A redistricting bill which made only minor alterations to the state's congressional districts was signed into law by Governor Mary Fallin on May 10, 2011.
[1] Republican John Sullivan, who has represented the 1st district since 2002, will seek re-election.
Organizations Organizations Labor unions Dan Boren Democratic Markwayne Mullin Republican In redistricting, the 2nd district acquired conservative parts of Rogers County and Democratic-leaning parts of Marshall County.
[1] Tom Guild, a former political science professor at the University of Central Oklahoma and unsuccessful Democratic primary candidate for the 5th district in 2010, sort the Democratic nomination to challenge Lankford.
[41] There was no primary for either party as both Lankford and Guild ran unopposed for the Republican and Democratic nomination respectively and faced Modern Whig Party candidate Pat Martin and Libertarian Robert T. Murphy in the general election, both of whom were under the Independent label.