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1982Final results

1982 election for Oregon Senate District 17

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

C. T. Cub Houck (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Jim Havel (D) by 5.8 points.

C. T. Cub HouckRepublican · winner
52.9%15,174
Jim HavelDemocrat
47.1%13,499
28,676 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

EvenR+5.81982R+4.11986D+8.61990R+11.71994D+14.21998D+9.32002

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