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1978Final results

1978 election for Oregon Senate District 26

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Lenn Hannon (D) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Vivian Adams (R) by 27.3 points.

Lenn HannonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.5%17,362
Vivian AdamsRepublican
31.2%9,274
Peter ApplegateOther party
10.2%3,024
29,679 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

EvenR+9.01982R+9.51986R+3.71990R+49.41994D+8.52002D+14.12006

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