Oklahoma's 4th congressional district

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Oklahoma's 4th congressional district
Current Representative		Tom Cole (R–Moore)
Distribution	63.29% urban, 36.71% rural
Population (2000)	690,131
Median income	$35,510
Ethnicity	79.7% White, 6.7% Black, 1.7% Asian, 4.8% Hispanic, 5.7% Native American, 0.4% other
Cook PVI	R+18

Oklahoma's Fourth Congressional District is located in south-central Oklahoma and covers (in whole or in part) a total of 15 counties. Its principal cities include Midwest City, Norman, Moore, Ada, Duncan, Lawton/Ft. Sill, and Ardmore. The district also includes much of southern Oklahoma City.

As of 2011^[update], the district is represented by Republican Tom Cole.

As with the rest of the state, the district gives G.O.P. candidates wide margins - George W. Bush received 61 percent of the vote in 2000, 67% in 2004 and John McCain received 66% of the vote in 2008.

Geography

The district borders Texas along the Red River to the south. To the north, the district includes a very small square-shaped portion of south-central Oklahoma County (enough to capture the city of Midwest City) and then Cleveland, McClain, Grady, Garvin, Pontotoc, Comanche, Tillman, Cotton, Stephens, Jefferson, Carter, Love, and Marshall counties.

Demographics

The district is 63 percent urban, 5 percent Latino, and 3.5 percent foreign-born.^[1]

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 66% - 34%
2004	President	Bush 67% - 33%
2000	President	Bush 61% - 39%

List of representatives

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence	Notes
District created		November 16, 1907
Charles D. Carter	November 16, 1907	March 4, 1915	Democratic		Redistricted to the 3rd district
William H. Murray	March 4, 1915	March 4, 1917	Democratic		Redistricted from the At-large district
Tom D. McKeown	March 4, 1917	March 4, 1921	Democratic
Joseph C. Pringey	March 4, 1921	March 4, 1923	Republican
Tom D. McKeown	March 4, 1923	January 3, 1935	Democratic
Percy Lee Gassaway	January 3, 1935	January 3, 1937	Democratic
Lyle Boren	January 3, 1937	January 3, 1947	Democratic
Glen D. Johnson	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1949	Democratic
Tom Steed	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1981	Democratic
Dave McCurdy	January 3, 1981	January 3, 1995	Democratic
J. C. Watts	January 3, 1995	January 3, 2003	Republican	Norman
Tom Cole	January 3, 2003	present	Republican	Moore	Incumbent

References

1. ^ District Demographics, That's My Congress (accessed June 1, 2010).

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present