Republican Jon Echols was projected to win Oklahoma’s attorney general race over Democrat Nick Coffey, according to results reported Wednesday. Echols held 55.4% of the vote to Coffey’s 44.6%, with 99% of expected votes counted.
The statewide contest had drawn 1,110,431 reported votes at the time of the projection. Election results listed an estimated 12,000 votes remaining, meaning the totals and percentages could still change as additional results are reported. The available figures did not include a final certified vote total.
A statewide Republican advantage
Echols’ lead reflected a broad Republican advantage in the early county-level results provided. In Adair County, he received 70.2% of the vote, compared with 29.8% for Coffey. The Republican candidate also led comfortably in Alfalfa County, where he held 81.5%, and in Atoka County, where he had 78%.
The largest margin among the counties listed in the results came from Beaver County. Echols had 84.2% there, while Coffey had 15.8%. Those county figures were based on results that were listed as 95% in, so they remained subject to additional reporting.
| County | Votes reported | Jon Echols | Nick Coffey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 4,779 | 70.2% | 29.8% |
| Alfalfa | 1,568 | 81.5% | 18.5% |
| Atoka | 3,286 | 78.0% | 22.0% |
| Beaver | 1,434 | 84.2% | 15.8% |
Democratic movement compared with 2024
Although Echols maintained the statewide lead, the race showed a shift toward Democrats when compared with the 2024 presidential election. The results page characterized the statewide attorney general contest as having moved 23.48 percentage points toward Democrats relative to that earlier benchmark.
The county comparisons showed that the shift was not uniform. In Adair County, the Republican margin in the attorney general race was listed as 40.49 points, compared with a 63-point Republican margin in the 2024 presidential election. That represented a 22.51-point shift toward Democrats.
Alfalfa County also remained strongly Republican, but the reported margin was narrower than the 2024 presidential result. The attorney general race showed a 63.01-point Republican margin, compared with 76.62 points in the presidential contest, a shift of 13.61 points toward Democrats.
Other listed counties showed similar movement. Atoka’s Republican margin was reported at 56.06 points, compared with 71.58 points in 2024, producing a Democratic shift of 15.52 points. Beaver’s margin was 68.48 points, down from 83.8 points in the presidential comparison, for a shift of 15.32 points.
What the numbers show
The results point to two simultaneous developments: Echols was positioned to win the statewide office, while Coffey’s performance represented a stronger Democratic showing than the party’s 2024 presidential result in the counties included in the comparison. The statewide Republican lead remained more than 10 percentage points, even as Democratic support improved relative to the previous benchmark.
- Jon Echols: 55.4% statewide and the projected winner.
- Nick Coffey: 44.6% statewide.
- Votes reported: 1,110,431, with 99% of expected votes in.
- Estimated votes remaining: 12,000.
Because the results were still unofficial and a portion of the expected vote remained unreported, the final margin could differ from the projection. The reported county percentages also were not all based on complete returns. Election officials’ final canvass and certification would establish the official totals.
For now, the reported outcome places Echols in line to take control of the attorney general’s office after defeating Coffey in a race that drew more than 1.1 million reported votes. Coffey’s statewide share and the measured county-level movement toward Democrats provide an early indication that the contest was closer than the Republican margins in the 2024 presidential election, even though Echols remained the projected winner.
