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1978Final results

1978 election for Oregon Senate District 14

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Dick Groener (D) won with 63.5% of the vote, defeating Gabrielle T. Avery (R) by 27.1 points.

Dick GroenerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.5%23,078
36.5%13,243
36,325 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+27.11978D+13.61982R+2.61986R+6.51990R+13.21994D+12.81998

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