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2008 Oregon U.S. House District 1 Election

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Who won the 2008 Oregon U.S. House District 1 Election?

David Wu won the 2008 Oregon U.S. House District 1 Election. David Wu received 237,567 popular votes (71.5%). The main challenger was Joel Haugen (17.54%).

See the full head-to-head between Wu and Haugen

Wu +54.0 pts · won by 179,288 votes
David WuDemocraticWINNER71.5%
237,567 votes
Joel HaugenIndependent17.54%
58,279 votes
Scott Semrauconstitution4.27%
14,172 votes
H. Joe TaborLibertarian3.31%
10,992 votes
Chris HenryGreen2.15%
7,128 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.2% 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.