1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Oregon House District 42
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Vern Meyer (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Nancie Fadeley (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Vern MeyerRepublican · winner
51.6%9,671
Nancie FadeleyDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%9,051
18,726 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