1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET