1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Oregon Senate District 7
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Sam Dement (R) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating R. F. Dick Chapman (D) by 22.6 points.
Sam DementRepublican · winner
61.3%15,500
R. F. Dick ChapmanDemocrat · incumbent
38.7%9,776
25,276 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET