1996Final results
1996 election for Oregon Senate District 7
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Kate Brown (D) won with 87.3% of the vote, defeating Tom Oconnor (Lib) by 78.1 points.
Kate BrownDemocrat · winner
87.3%30,969
Tom OconnorLibertarian
9.2%3,270
Richard AlevizosSocialist
3.5%1,246
35,485 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