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1972Final results

1972 election for Oregon Senate District 28

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Kenneth A. Jernstedt (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Dick Coram (D) by 3.8 points.

Kenneth A. JernstedtRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.9%14,740
Dick CoramDemocrat
48.1%13,655
28,399 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+28.01980R+11.91984D+0.21988R+11.11992R+5.11996R+30.12000

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