1980Final results
1980 election for Oregon House District 16
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Wally Priestley (D) won with 45.2% of the vote, defeating Ron McCarty (Ind) by 8.3 points.
Wally PriestleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
45.2%5,404
Ron McCartyIndependent
36.9%4,407
Brent HamiltonRepublican
17.9%2,134
11,949 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET