1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Oregon House District 59
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Max Simpson (D) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Donald Oakes (R) by 5.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Max SimpsonDemocrat · winner
52.9%6,575
Donald OakesRepublican · incumbent
47.1%5,852
12,430 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET