Senator Jim Inhofe won re-election to a third term over Democrat Andrew Rice.

Rice officially filed as a candidate for the United States Senate from Oklahoma on Monday, June 2, 2008.

[2][3] He won the Democratic primary against Jim Rogers, a retired schoolteacher who stressed campaign finance reform.

Inhofe, who in August 2008 had a 61% approval rating,[5] emphasized his conservative record and tried to label Rice as a "committed liberal."

George Bush came into office eight years ago with a Republican majority and ... an agenda of radical deregulation.