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1980Final results

1980 election for Oregon Senate District 6

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Jan Wyers (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Danny H. Gerlt (R) by 21.2 points.

Jan WyersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%17,674
Danny H. GerltRepublican
39.4%11,480
29,165 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

EvenD+21.21980D+2.81984D+22.91988D+45.21992D+39.41996D+34.32006

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