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1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Oregon House District 15

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Gene Sayler (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Cindy Banzer (D) by 9.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Gene SaylerRepublican · winner
54.5%10,488
Cindy BanzerDemocrat · incumbent
45.4%8,736
19,241 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+61.41978D+45.21982D+0.41984R+9.11986R+12.51988D+4.81990

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