1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Oregon Senate District 2
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Dell Isham (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating W. Stan Ouderkirk (R) by 12.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dell IshamDemocrat · winner
56.4%18,172
W. Stan OuderkirkRepublican · incumbent
43.6%14,024
32,196 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