1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Oregon House District 7
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Pat Whiting (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Clayton Nyberg (R) by 13.3 points.
Pat WhitingDemocrat · winner
56.7%9,352
Clayton NybergRepublican · incumbent
43.3%7,154
16,506 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET