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1962 Oregon State Senate election Oregon legislative no 1960 Oregon State Senate election 1960 1964 Oregon State Senate election 1964 51st Oregon Legislative Assembly 52nd Oregon Legislative Assembly 16 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate(15 regular, 1 unexpired) 16 1962 11 06 Harry D. Boivin Democratic Party (United States) 18th districtRedistricted to the 15th district 20 21 9 681,169 56.29% Anthony Yturri Republican Party (United States) 21st districtRedistricted to the 16th district 10 9 7 528,793 43.70% File:1962 Oregon Senate election.svg 300px Results by party#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#cccccc No electionAsterisk (District 12): special election Senate President Harry D. Boivin Democratic Party (United States) Ben Musa Democratic Party (United States)
1962 United States elections
Elections to the Oregon State Senate were held on November 6, 1962, to elect 15 candidates to the Senate to serve four-year terms, and one to fill the two-year remainder of an unexpired term. The Democratic Party won 9 seats to the Republicans' 7, resulting in a Senate composition of 21 Democrats and 9 Republicans, a net gain of one for the Democrats.New liberal elected in the fourth district https://www.newspapers.com/article/oregon-labor-press-new-liberal-elected-i/208342254/ 15 October 2026 Oregon Labor Press 9 November 1962
This was the first election held under the new reapportionment plan passed after the 1960 U.S. census.
Reapportionment
Both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly were reapportioned following the 1960 census. The number of Senate districts was reduced from 21 to 19, with the number of senators being kept at 30:Grouped by Session https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/Lists/LegislatorsChronological/Grouped-by-Session.aspx Oregon State Legislature 15 October 2026
Multnomah County (District 12) and Lane County (District 3) were given one additional senator each.
Benton County (old 13th district) and Polk County (old 8th district) were combined into the new single-seat District 10.
Yamhill County (old 9th district) lost its own senator and was made to share its senator with Washington County in the new floterial District 8.
In Eastern Oregon, the old 19th and 20th districts were combined into the new District 17, swapping Baker County to District 16 (old 21st district).
These districts did not have their boundaries changed, but were renumbered:
District 10 → District 9
District 15 → District 13
District 16 → District 18
District 17 → District 19
District 18 → District 15
The remaining districts were unchanged.
List of districts
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 5 • District 8 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 14 __NOTOC__
District 1
Senate District 1 contained all of Marion County and elected two senators.
District 1 electionOfficial Abstract of Votes - General Election - November 6, 1962 https://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSCMSearch/Search/RecordViewer.aspx?uri=8411022 Oregon Secretary of State 15 October 20262 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Robert L. Elfstrom
23,080
28.94%
Republican Party (United States)
Eddie Ahrens (incumbent)
22,332
28.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Mary E. Eyre
19,079
23.93%
Democratic Party (United States)
Clifford W. Ferguson
15,245
19.12%
8
0.01%
79,744 100.00%
District 2
Senate District 2 contained all of Linn County and elected one senator.
District 2 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Glenn Huston
10,355
55.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Melvin Goode (incumbent)
8,473
45.00%
18,828 100.00%
District 3
Senate District 3 contained all of Lane County and elected three senators.
District 3 election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Edward Fadeley
31,696
19.10%
Republican Party (United States)
Donald R. Husband (incumbent)
31,473
18.97%
Democratic Party (United States)
Glenn M. Stadler
30,560
18.42%
Republican Party (United States)
Jo Kittredge
27,061
16.31%
Democratic Party (United States)
Kenneth A. Poole
24,078
14.51%
Republican Party (United States)
Vern Meyer
21,041
12.68%
5
0.00%
165,914 100.00%
District 5
Senate District 5 contained all of Jackson County and elected one senator.
District 5 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
L. W. Newbry (incumbent)
17,549
65.96%
Democratic Party (United States)
Henry F. Padgham Jr.
9,050
34.01%
8
0.03%
26,607 100.00%
District 8
Senate District 8 contained all of Washington and Yamhill counties and elected one senator.
District 8 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Arthur P. Ireland
25,199
53.11%
Democratic Party (United States)
W. C. Schwenn
22,240
46.88%
4
0.01%
47,443 100.00%
District 10
Senate District 10 contained all of Benton and Polk counties and elected one senator.
District 10 election1 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
Walter Leth
14,200
66.07%
Democratic Party (United States)
Emmet T. Rogers
7,290
33.92%
1
0.00%
21,491 100.00%
District 11
Senate District 11 contained all of Clackamas County and elected two senators.
District 11 election2 to be elected
Republican Party (United States)
John J. Inskeep
23,314
26.63%
Democratic Party (United States)
Tom Monaghan
22,304
25.48%
Democratic Party (United States)
Richard E. Groener (incumbent)
22,247
25.41%
Republican Party (United States)
Lee Stidd Jr.
19,658
22.46%
15
0.02%
87,538 100.00%
District 12
Senate District 12 contained all of Multnomah County and elected eight senators, five during presidential election years and three during midterm election years. A special election to fill the remaining two years of Jean L. Lewis was also held after he resigned from the Senate to serve as a circuit court judge.Multnomah County Legislative Seats Go To Democrats https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-multnomah-county-legislati/208325556/ 15 October 2026 The Oregonian 8 November 1962
District 12 (4-year term) election3 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Ward H. Cook (incumbent)
121,597
21.89%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ted Hallock
112,611
20.27%
Democratic Party (United States)
Alice Corbett (incumbent)
109,284
19.67%
Republican Party (United States)
Wallace L. Lee
79,449
14.30%
Republican Party (United States)
William E. Richardson
70,136
12.63%
Republican Party (United States)
Jess Webb
62,345
11.22%
35
0.01%
555,457 100.00%
District 12 (2-year term) election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Don S. Willner
107,681
56.33%
Republican Party (United States)
M. M. Meadows
83,483
43.67%
5
0.00%
191,169 100.00%
District 14
Senate District 14 contained all of Clatsop and Columbia counties and elected one senator.
District 14 election1 to be elected
Democratic Party (United States)
Daniel A. Thiel (incumbent)
15,852
99.85%
24
0.15%
15,876 100.00%
See also
1962 Oregon House of Representatives election
1962 Oregon gubernatorial election
List of Oregon Legislative Assemblies
Notes
References
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