1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1970 election for Oregon House District 24
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Ed Patterson (R) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating William Cooper (D) by 9.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ed PattersonRepublican · winner
54.8%4,886
William CooperDemocrat
45.2%4,026
8,912 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET