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1986 election for Oregon Senate District 16

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Jim Hill (D) won with 73.6% of the vote, defeating Frank Day (R) by 47.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Jim HillDemocrat · winner
73.6%26,176
Frank DayRepublican
26.4%9,403
35,579 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+47.11986D+23.21990R+36.01994R+19.61998D+18.12002D+30.42006

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