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1986Final results

1986 election for Oregon Senate District 20

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Grattan Kerans (D) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Scott Carpenter (R) by 33.0 points.

Grattan KeransDemocrat · winner
64.2%22,210
Scott CarpenterRepublican
31.2%10,801
Bob FauvreLibertarian
4.6%1,596
34,612 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+33.01986D+26.51990D+36.51994D+58.91998D+11.22002R+0.52010

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

The candidates

Grattan Kerans (D)Scott Carpenter (R)

Also on the ballot: Bob Fauvre (Libertarian), 4.6%