1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Oregon House District 59
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Michael Nelson (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Ray French (R) by 7.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Michael NelsonDemocrat · winner
53.9%10,557
Ray FrenchRepublican · incumbent
46.1%9,024
19,592 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)