Incumbents led the field in local races for the state House of Representatives, with Reps. Bill Nations, Wallace Collins, Scott Martin and Randy Terrill retaining their seats.

Also, Republican Jonathan Nichols won re-election to State Senate District 15. (See story, Page A2.)

Cleveland County Election Board Secretary Paula Roberts said Tuesday's vote went relatively smoothly.

"It went very well for a presidential election," Roberts said.

A few voting machines jammed, forcing workers to secure ballots and run them through the counter later in the day. She said most of the problems were in Moore and south Oklahoma City where there was an additional ballot for municipal issues.

Precinct 22, at Moore's Eastern Avenue Baptist Church, had to have an election night recount. Workers had to feed about 3,000 ballots through a machine at the election board office. It was continuing under the watch of a deputy sheriff at press time.

House District 44

Leveraging his public service experience with a well-organized campaign, state Rep. Bill Nations trounced his Republican challenger, Tod Barrett, by more that 4,000 votes.

With all 15 of the district's precincts in, Nations polled 8,951 votes to Barrett's 4,822.

Nations campaigned on his experience, while Barrett urged voters to elect him, saying he would be a member of the majority party and hold a leadership position.

Neither Nations nor Barrett could be reached for comment.

House District 45

Calling it a landslide victory for family values, a smiling state Rep. Wallace Collins claimed a hard-earned victory Tuesday evening in the House District 45 race.

Collins, a Democrat, defeated his Republican challenger Aaron Stiles 9,132 to 8,220 -- about 52 percent of the vote.

Collins said he was excited by the numbers.