1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1978 election for Oregon House District 55

Name: 1978 election for Oregon House District 55
Start: 1978-11-07
Location: Oregon

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Bill C. Bellamy (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Chuck Bennett (D) by 13.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bill C. BellamyRepublican · winner

56.6%8,056

43.4%6,180

14,238 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

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