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1986Final results

1986 election for Oregon Senate District 13

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Joyce Cohen (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Bob Tiernan (R) by 7.7 points.

Joyce CohenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.8%20,760
Bob TiernanRepublican
46.1%17,794
38,561 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+10.51978D+9.61982D+7.71986D+4.01990R+32.81994R+18.51998

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