<page_title> James Lankford </page_title> <section_title> U.S. Senate special election in Oklahoma, 2014 </section_title> <table> <cell> James Lankford <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 557,002 <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 67.90 <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Connie Johnson <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 237,923 <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 29.00 <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Independent <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Mark T. Beard <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25,965 <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3.20 <col_header> General election </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> </table>
Lankford won the election by defeating N. Johnson by a margin of 557,002, 67.9%, to Johnson's 237,923, 29.0%, with independent candidate Mark Beard collecting 25,965 votes, 3.2% of the total.