1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Oregon Senate District 17
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Tricia Smith (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Don Wyant Jr. (R) by 8.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tricia SmithDemocrat · winner
54.3%17,571
Don Wyant Jr.Republican
45.7%14,795
32,366 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