1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Oregon House District 52
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Ben Kip Lombard Jr. (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Cleatis G. Mitchell (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ben Kip Lombard Jr.Republican · winner
53.0%9,649
Cleatis G. MitchellDemocrat · incumbent
46.9%8,535
18,191 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