1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Oregon House District 56
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Wayne Fawbush (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Paul Walden (R) by 0.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Wayne FawbushDemocrat · winner
50.1%8,303
Paul WaldenRepublican · incumbent
49.9%8,269
16,573 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