2012Final resultsSpecial election
2012 special election for Oregon Senate District 17
Oregon State Senate · Oregon
Elizabeth Steinerhayward (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating John Verbeek (R) by 33.1 points.
Elizabeth SteinerhaywardDemocrat · winner
66.5%37,545
John VerbeekRepublican
33.5%18,879
56,424 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET