Election results: Sherrie Sprenger leads Renee Windsor-White in early returns in House District 17

Oregon House Republican Whip Sherrie Sprenger appears to have won re-election based on Tuesday night's results in the Republican stronghold District 17, as she led with 71 percent of the votes against Democratic challenger Renee Windsor-White.

A five-term incumbent, Sprenger will continue to represent the communities of Detroit, Gates, Idanha, Lebanon, Lyons, Mill City, Scio, Stayton, Sublimity, Sweet Home and Waterloo.

Sprenger didn’t face a Democratic challenger in 2016, and Windsor-White was determined to put up a battle, win or lose.

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Windsor-White has never served in public office, and much of her professional background is in education and ministry.

In 2008, Sprenger was appointed to replace Fred Girod in the House of Representatives, and now has been re-elected fives times since.

Before entering the House, Sprenger, from Scio, spent four years on the Lebanon School Board, and before that, she was a deputy sheriff in Benton and Grant counties.

The two candidates differed on a number of issues, including gun control.

In the past, Sprenger has said that she does not support restrictions on gun ownership. Windsor-White has a different view, which is based on the fact that her mother, Virginia, was fatally shot by her abusive ex-husband in a 1971 murder-suicide in Winchester, Illinois.

As of Nov. 1, Sprenger’s campaign had raised $61,411.75 and had a cash balance of $24,230.83. Windsor-White’s campaign had raised $3,720.00 and had a cash balance of $375.26.