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2008Final results

2008 election for Oregon House District 5

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Peter Buckley (D) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Pete Belcastro (Ind) by 22.6 points.

Peter BuckleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.3%18,452
Pete BelcastroIndependent
38.7%11,653
30,105 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+2.91996R+28.31998R+2.32000D+21.22004D+25.12010D+32.92012

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