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2000Final results

2000 election for Oregon House District 16

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Jeff Merkley (D) won with 83.5% of the vote, defeating David Tillemans (Oth) by 67.1 points.

Jeff MerkleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.5%14,084
David TillemansOther party
16.5%2,774
16,858 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+26.01992R+19.51994D+20.71996D+20.91998D+36.92002D+27.72004

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