1984Final results

1984 election for Oregon Senate District 23

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

John Kitzhaber (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Henry Sylvia (R) by 14.3 points.

John KitzhaberDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.1%21,167
Henry SylviaRepublican
42.8%15,875
37,048 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

EvenD+30.81980D+14.31984D+20.71988R+34.31992R+30.61996R+38.72000

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