Skip to main content

Norma Paulus

2 races across Governor, State House in Oregon, 1W-1L

Republican
GovernorState House
Electoral Grade
—
Requires 3+ graded races
2
Races
1-1
W-L (50%)
-17.7
Avg Margin
1974–1986
Career Span
Best: +4.0 (1986 Governor)Worst: -39.5 (1974 State House)
50%
Win Rate
-7.8
Avg Overperformance
12 yrs
Career Span
516K
Career Votes

Evidence & provenance

Source owners

Certified contest returns, candidate career records, and Akashic Edge deterministic grading inputs.

Freshness

Rendered Apr 14, 2026 from the latest candidate, contest, and forecast tables loaded in Akashic Edge.

Boundary scope

Candidate-level profile spanning every contest recorded for this person in Akashic Edge.

Claim type

Deterministic summaries, calculated grades, and certified election history. No freeform AI prose.

Source chain

MethodologyCertified contest returnsCandidate grade inputs
Open methodology

Career Margin Trend2 races

State House
Governor
R+40R+20EvenD+20D+401974: R+39.5 - Click to view1986: D+4.0 - Click to view19741986

Career Timeline

1986 GovernorOregon
506,986
Candidate Votes
47.9%
Vote %
1,059,630
Total Votes
+4.0%
Margin
Electoral Performance
-7.8
Race Score
-7.8
vs. State Pres.
D-3.8
State Pres.
Top opponent: Neil GoldschmidtDEM

Geographic Performance

2 races with county data

County-level results, strongest and weakest counties, and performance by county type.

Unlock with Pro$33/mo

County Results Table

Sortable, searchable table of every county result for each race.

Unlock with Pro$33/mo

Demographic Coalition Analysis

2 races available

Scatter plots correlating county performance with demographics: race, education, income, foreign-born.

Unlock with Insider$99/mo

Opponents Faced2 opponents

Neil GoldschmidtDEM
0-11986 Governor(+4.0)
Harold W AdamsDEM
1-01974 State House(-39.5)
Historian Query

Ask the Historian

Curious about Norma Paulus's performance?

Ask the Historian

Interactive AI-powered chat about Norma Paulus's career, opponents, and performance.

Unlock with Insider$99/mo
Export & ShareCSV (Insider)JSON (Insider)
Share

Explore Related

Oregon
Election history and demographics for Oregon
1986 Elections
All results from 1986
Rankings
Who overperformed their state's partisan lean?
Historian
Ask any question about 165 years of elections
2026 Elections
Forecasts, polling, and battleground races in one place
← All candidates