2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Oregon House District 49
Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon
Matthew Wand (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Nick Kahl (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Matthew WandRepublican · winner
53.1%8,967
Nick KahlDemocrat · incumbent
46.5%7,857
16,898 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET