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1978Final results

1978 election for Oregon Senate District 9

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Frank Roberts (D) won with 70.1% of the vote, defeating Teena Ainslie (R) by 40.1 points.

Frank RobertsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.1%14,119
Teena AinslieRepublican
29.9%6,035
20,155 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+40.11978D+12.81982D+28.51986D+18.81990R+22.52008R+28.72012

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