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1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 election for Oregon House District 33

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Chick Edwards (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Bob Vian (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Chick EdwardsRepublican · winner
50.3%7,473
Bob VianDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%7,395
14,869 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

EvenD+11.71976R+0.51978D+9.81980D+33.91982D+7.91984D+9.21986

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