Oregon State Senate District 28

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Diane Linthicum Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Diane Linthicum (Republican) won by 38.8 points, 2024

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Official results for Oregon

History (14 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 73,439
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDiane LinthicumWon	Republican	50,90769.3%	69.3%
DemocraticDylan Gutridge	Democratic	22,43030.5%	30.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1020.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 75,346
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis LinthicumWon(incumbent)	Republican	54,80072.7%	72.7%
DemocraticHugh Palcic	Democratic	20,44427.1%	27.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1020.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,335
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis LinthicumWon	Republican	37,11961.5%	61.5%
DemocraticTodd Kepple	Democratic	22,93338.0%	38.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2830.5%	0.5%

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDouglas K. WhitsettWon(incumbent)	Republican	40,658100.0%	100.0%

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDoug WhitsettWon(incumbent)	Republican	39,416100.0%	100.0%

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDoug WhitsettWon	Republican	38,29270.2%	70.2%
DemocraticRoss Carroll	Democratic	16,27229.8%	29.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,912
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTed FerrioliWon(incumbent)	Republican	31,16365.0%	65.0%
DemocraticVernon Cook	Democratic	16,74935.0%	35.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,083
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTed FerrioliWon	Republican	23,15852.5%	52.5%
DemocraticKevin Michael Campbell	Democratic	20,92547.5%	47.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 46,919
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWes CooleyWon	Republican	26,07355.6%	55.6%
DemocraticWayne Fawbush(incumbent)	Democratic	20,84644.4%	44.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 40,135
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWayne FawbushWon	Democratic	20,09950.1%	50.1%
RepublicanBill C. Bellamy	Republican	20,03649.9%	49.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,012
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKenneth A. JernstedtWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,05755.9%	55.9%
DemocraticDonnell J. Smith	Democratic	18,95244.1%	44.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	30.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,635
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKenneth A. JernstedtWon(incumbent)	Republican	23,44064.0%	64.0%
DemocraticDonnell J. Smith	Democratic	13,19236.0%	36.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	30.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,340
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKenneth A. JernstedtWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,40249.1%	49.1%
DemocraticDonnell J. Smith	Democratic	8,52227.2%	27.2%
IndependentLee Roy Brittenham	Independent	7,41123.6%	23.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	50.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,399
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Oregon Senate District 28, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKenneth A. JernstedtWon(incumbent)	Republican	14,74051.9%	51.9%
DemocraticDick Coram	Democratic	13,65548.1%	48.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.0%	0.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1972 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:or/sldu:28

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026