1972Final results

1972 election for Oregon Senate District 8

Name: 1972 election for Oregon Senate District 8
Start: 1972-11-07
Location: Oregon

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Bill Stevenson (D) won with 81.5% of the vote, defeating Leon A. Prentice (R) by 63.0 points.

Bill StevensonDemocrat · winner

81.5%21,020

18.5%4,777

25,801 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

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