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1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1972 election for Oregon House District 51

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Brad Morris (R) won with 45.2% of the vote, defeating Don Stathos (Ind) by 6.9 points.

Brad MorrisRepublican · winner
45.2%7,155
Don StathosIndependent · incumbent
38.3%6,066
Tom MarierDemocrat
16.4%2,599
15,823 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenR+19.81976R+27.11978R+28.21980R+29.11982R+19.51984R+16.21986

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