1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Oregon House District 40
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Margie Hendriksen (D) won with 40.4% of the vote, defeating Bruce H. Anderson (Ind) by 6.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Margie HendriksenDemocrat · winner
40.4%8,273
Bruce H. AndersonIndependent
34.2%7,014
Shirley WhiteheadRepublican
25.4%5,195
20,483 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