1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Oregon Senate District 12
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Bill Kennemer (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Walter F. Brown (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill KennemerRepublican · winner
52.2%19,032
Walter F. BrownDemocrat · incumbent
47.8%17,415
36,447 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET