1988Final results

1988 election for Oregon Senate District 23

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

John Kitzhaber (D) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Bill Fisher (R) by 20.7 points.

John KitzhaberDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.4%21,815
Bill FisherRepublican
39.6%14,323
36,140 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

EvenD+30.81980D+14.31984D+20.71988R+34.31992R+30.61996R+38.72000

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