1970Final results

1970 election for Oregon Senate District 8

Name: 1970 election for Oregon Senate District 8
Start: 1970-11-03
Location: Oregon

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Tom Hartung (R) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Lyell B. Gardner (D) by 12.8 points.

Tom HartungRepublican · winner

56.4%33,169

43.6%25,631

58,800 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

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET