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2014Final results

2014 election for Oregon Senate District 3

Oregon State Senate · Oregon

Alan C. Bates (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Dave Dotterrer (R) by 7.5 points.

Alan C. BatesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.9%27,678
Dave DotterrerRepublican
44.5%23,700
3.6%1,917
53,295 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+3.92004 specialD+27.62006D+0.62010D+7.52014R+0.62016 specialR+0.62016

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

The candidates