2026 forecast · Oklahoma 3rd

Frank Lucas is all but certain to win Oklahoma's 3rd District.

Suzie Byrd vs Frank Lucas. The model has Lucas ahead by 39.2 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +39.2Updated October 22, 2026
Suzie Byrd
Democrat
30.4%
80,478 projected votes
Frank Lucas
Republican
69.6%
184,420 projected votes
100%Lucas
0%Byrd
Lucas all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Lucas wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Lucas
Model marginR +39.2No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +31.8 to R +46.52,000 simulations
Projected votes264,898Lucas 69.6%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Oklahoma districts

5 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Suzie ByrdDemocrat · 0% to win
30.4%
Frank LucasRepublican · 100% to win
69.6%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

264,898 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Frank Lucas R184,42069.6%
Suzie Byrd D80,47830.4%
Total264,898100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%0% Byrd100% Lucas15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Lucas +39.2
Chance of winning
Suzie Byrd0%
Frank Lucas100%
Simulated vote
Suzie Byrd30.4%
Frank Lucas69.6%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +46.0
FundamentalsR +39.4
With pollsR +39.2
Early vote turnoutR +0.1
With early voteR +39.2

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Oklahoma, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +55R +55Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +46.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +39.4With pollsno pollsR +39.2With early voteturnout so farR +39.2
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.