1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Oregon Senate District 2
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Gary George (R) won with 48.4% of the vote, defeating Dell Isham (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gary GeorgeRepublican · winner
48.4%21,620
Dell IshamDemocrat
47.2%21,089
Tom TorrenceReform
4.4%1,943
44,652 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