1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Oregon House District 10
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Josephine H. Simpson (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Philip D. Lang (D) by 4.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Josephine H. SimpsonRepublican · winner
52.0%8,015
Philip D. LangDemocrat · incumbent
48.0%7,394
15,410 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET