1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Oregon House District 36
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Mae Yih (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating William F. Gwinn (R) by 3.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mae YihDemocrat · winner
51.7%9,132
William F. GwinnRepublican · incumbent
48.3%8,520
17,653 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET