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1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1990 election for Oregon House District 16

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Tom Novick (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Rodger Wehage (R) by 2.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Tom NovickDemocrat · winner
51.0%8,955
Rodger WehageRepublican · incumbent
49.0%8,590
17,545 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+22.41982D+22.91986R+11.81988D+2.11990D+26.01992R+19.51994

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