1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Oregon House District 43
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Jim Welsh (R) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Gary Crum (D) by 28.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim WelshRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.1%13,809
Gary CrumDemocrat
35.9%7,719
21,528 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET