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1976Final results

1976 election for Oregon Senate District 12

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Vernon Cook (D) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Bob Adkins (R) by 22.5 points.

Vernon CookDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.3%20,465
Bob AdkinsRepublican
38.7%12,934
33,408 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

EvenD+23.21972D+22.51976D+19.31980D+26.31982R+4.41986R+14.01990

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