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2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2012 election for Oregon House District 49

Oregon House of Representatives · Oregon

Chris Gorsek (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Matthew Wand (R) by 8.8 points.

Chris GorsekDemocrat · winner
54.4%11,459
Matthew WandRepublican · incumbent
45.6%9,602
21,061 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+4.22006D+12.62008R+6.62010D+8.82012D+21.62014D+6.42018

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