1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Oregon House District 45
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Norm Gershon (D) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Verner Anderson (R) by 1.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Norm GershonDemocrat · winner
50.5%9,607
Verner AndersonRepublican · incumbent
49.4%9,396
19,005 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET