1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Oregon House District 50
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
John Watt (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Ernie Calhoon (D) by 10.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John WattRepublican · winner
55.0%8,630
Ernie CalhoonDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%7,053
15,683 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET