1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Oregon Senate District 17
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Peter Courtney (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Don Scott (R) by 14.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Peter CourtneyDemocrat · winner
57.1%18,076
Don ScottRepublican
42.9%13,572
31,648 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET