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1998 election for Oregon House District 57

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Bob Jenson (Ind) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Vern Kube (R) by 36.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bob JensonIndependent · winner · incumbent
68.4%7,822
Vern KubeRepublican
31.6%3,606
11,428 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenR+30.81988R+51.71990R+29.91994D+5.31996R+34.22002R+40.02006

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