1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Oregon House District 45
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
John Kitzhaber (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Al Shaw (R) by 4.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John KitzhaberDemocrat · winner
52.3%7,468
Al ShawRepublican · incumbent
47.7%6,813
14,287 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