1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Oregon House District 16
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Rodger Wehage (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Ron McCarty (D) by 11.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Rodger WehageRepublican · winner
55.8%10,711
Ron McCartyDemocrat · incumbent
44.1%8,451
19,180 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)