Oklahoma voters made their final changes Tuesday to the Republican-controlled state Senate, which has undergone a series of dramatic shifts this year thanks to elections and term limits.
Twelve seats were decided by voters in the general election . While Republicans are expected to hold on to their supermajority, several close contests and open races have made it difficult for political observers to predict exactly how many seats Republicans will hold next year. Currently, the GOP controls 40 seats while Democrats have eight.
A slate of freshman lawmakers, coupled with new Senate and House leaders and a governor in his final two years in office, could spark a power struggle between two of the state’s three branches of government
As votes are still being counted, here are the leading candidates in Tuesday’s Senate races:
District 3
Republican Julie McIntosh, who ousted incumbent Sen. Blake Cowboy Stephens in the primary, has defeated independent candidate Margaret Cook. The district covers an area east of Tulsa.