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1982Final results

1982 election for Oregon Senate District 16

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

L. B. Day (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Jack Sumner (D) by 3.7 points.

L. B. DayRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.8%18,055
Jack SumnerDemocrat
48.1%16,762
34,832 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+47.11986D+23.21990R+36.01994R+19.61998D+18.12002D+30.42006

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