1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Oregon House District 59
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Ray French (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Jesse Himmelsbach (D) by 10.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray FrenchRepublican · winner
55.3%11,589
Jesse HimmelsbachDemocrat
44.7%9,357
20,952 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET