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1996 election for Oregon House District 8

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Ryan Deckert (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Moshofsky (R) by 5.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ryan DeckertDemocrat · winner
52.8%11,744
Bill MoshofskyRepublican
47.2%10,479
22,223 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

EvenR+39.01990R+12.11992R+1.41994D+5.71996D+20.71998D+28.22000

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