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1980Final results

1980 election for Oregon House District 54

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Tom Throop (D) won with 70.3% of the vote, defeating Alvin D. Bauer (R) by 40.7 points.

Tom ThroopDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.3%21,164
Alvin D. BauerRepublican
29.7%8,930
30,094 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

EvenR+29.01976D+10.21978D+40.71980D+11.81982D+11.81984R+0.81986

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