1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Oregon House District 7
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Norm Smith (R) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Pat Whiting (D) by 17.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Norm SmithRepublican · winner
58.9%11,279
Pat WhitingDemocrat · incumbent
41.1%7,871
19,150 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