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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Oregon House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Oregon House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 60 seats

After the electionD 34 · R 26
Races60
Changed party13
Unopposed12%7 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 34 · R 26

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Caroline P. Magruder (D)11.5
HD-2Ted Bugas (R)14.4
HD-3Paul Hanneman (R)40.6
HD-4Mark Gardner (D)41.0
HD-5Nancy Ryles (R)22.8Flipped
HD-6Mike Ragsdale (R)43.2
HD-7Norm Smith (R)17.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-8Vera Katz (D)18.4
HD-9Tom Mason (D)7.7Flipped
HD-10Josephine H. Simpson (R)4.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-11Rich Bauman (D)47.5
HD-12W. Rod Monroe (D)39.7
HD-13Gretchen Kafoury (D)42.4
HD-14Howard Cherry (D)Unopposed
HD-15Jim Chrest (D)61.4
HD-16Wally Priestley (D)14.8
HD-17George Starr (D)30.1
HD-18Jane Cease (D)14.1Flipped
HD-19Hardy Myers (D)42.6
HD-20Drew Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-21Susan C. Pisha (D)23.6
HD-22Sandra L. Richards (D)11.0
HD-23Glenn E. Otto (D)44.7
HD-24Joyce Cohen (D)11.2Flipped
HD-25Glen Whallon (D)16.6
HD-26Ed Lindquist (D)35.9
HD-27Ted Achilles (R)Unopposed
HD-28Curt Wolfer (D)24.0
HD-29Bill Rutherford (R)44.1
HD-30Jeff Gilmour (D)13.0
HD-31Al Riebel (R)13.9
HD-32Donna Zajonc (R)25.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-33Chick Edwards (R)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-34John Schoon (R)5.2Flipped
HD-35Antone C. Tony Vanvliet (R)42.8
HD-36Mae Yih (D)38.3
HD-37Bernard Byers (D)18.4
HD-38Max Rijken (D)27.7
HD-39Grattan Kerans (D)16.9
HD-40Dave Frohnmayer (R)50.0
HD-41Mary McCauley Burrows (R)42.3
HD-42Nancie Fadeley (D)24.3
HD-43Larry L. Campbell (R)15.3Flipped
HD-44B. J. Rogers (R)3.3
HD-45John Kitzhaber (D)4.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-46Bill Markham (R)Unopposed
HD-47Bill Grannell (D)31.2
HD-48Ed Stevenson (D)4.2
HD-49Cecil L. Johnson (R)Unopposed
HD-50Clayton C. Klein Jr. (D)14.1
HD-51Eldon Johnson (R)27.1
HD-52Ben Kip Lombard Jr. (R)30.1
HD-53Gary Wilhelms (R)Unopposed
HD-54Tom Throop (D)10.2Flipped
HD-55Bill C. Bellamy (R)13.2Flipped
HD-56Wayne Fawbush (D)0.7
HD-57Jack Duff (R)18.7
HD-58Robert Brogoitti (R)38.1
HD-59Max Simpson (D)Unopposed
HD-60D. E. Jones (R)9.4

Oregon House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner