1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Oregon Senate District 3
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Tom Hartung (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Blaine Whipple (D) by 13.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom HartungRepublican · winner
56.8%18,559
Blaine WhippleDemocrat · incumbent
43.2%14,099
32,658 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