1996 Oregon U.S. House District 4 Election

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Who won the 1996 Oregon U.S. House District 4 Election?

Peter A. DeFazio won the 1996 Oregon U.S. House District 4 Election. Peter A. DeFazio received 177,270 popular votes (65.69%). The main challenger was John D. Newkirk (28.4%).

See the full head-to-head between DeFazio and Newkirk

DeFazio +37.3 pts · won by 100,621 votes

Peter A. DeFazio DemocraticWINNER65.69%

177,270 votes

John D. Newkirk Republican28.4%

76,649 votes

Tonie NathanLibertarian1.82%

4,919 votes

William BonvilleReform1.47%

3,960 votes

David G. Duemlersocialist0.51%

1,373 votes

Allan OpusGreen0.49%

1,311 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified August 15, 2026.