The 2010 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 18, 2010, and the general election was held on November 2, 2010. Sixteen of the Oregon State Senate's thirty seats were up for election, as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.
In the previous session, the Democrats held supermajorities in both chambers: 18–12 in the Senate and 36–24 in the House. Following the election, Republicans reduced the Democratic majority to 16–14 in the Senate and gained enough seats in the House to make the chamber evenly divided between the parties, 30–30. [1]
12 of the 16 Senate seats up for election were held by Democrats, and the other four seats were previously held by Republicans. The Republicans held all their seats and added two: in District 26, Chuck Thomsen defeated Brent Barton for the seat previously held by Rick Metsger, who resigned to run for Oregon State Treasurer, and in District 20, incumbent Democrat Martha Schrader lost to Republican Alan Olsen by 227 votes. [1]
District [2] | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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3 | Democratic | Alan Bates of Ashland | Re-elected | Democratic | Alan Bates | 24,550 | |||
Republican | Dave Dotterrer | 24,275 | |||||||
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4 | Democratic | Floyd Prozanski of Eugene | Re-elected | Democratic | Floyd Prozanski | 29,077 | |||
Republican | Marilyn Kittelman | 20,961 | |||||||
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6 | Democratic | Bill Morrisette of Springfield | Retired | Democratic | Lee Beyer | 23,705 | |||
Republican | Michael P. Spasaro | 19,626 | |||||||
Independent | Scott Reynolds | 2,304 | |||||||
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7 | Democratic | Chris Edwards of Eugene | Re-elected | Democratic | Chris Edwards | 29,308 | |||
Republican | Karen Bodner | 17,511 | |||||||
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8 | Republican | Frank Morse of Albany | Re-elected | Republican | Frank Morse | 26,466 | |||
Democratic | Dan Rayfield | 21,563 | |||||||
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10 | Republican | Jackie Winters of Salem | Re-elected | Republican | Jackie Winters | 32,956 | |||
Democratic | Jackie Pierce | 15,088 | |||||||
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11 | Democratic | Peter Courtney of Salem | Re-elected | Democratic | Peter Courtney | 14,883 | |||
Republican | Michael W. Forest | 12,280 | |||||||
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13 | Republican | Larry George of Hillsboro | Re-elected | Republican | Larry George | 30,457 | |||
Democratic | Timi Parker | 17,742 | |||||||
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15 | Republican | Bruce Starr of Hillsboro | Re-elected | Republican | Bruce Starr | 21,382 | |||
Democratic | Chuck Riley | 19,533 | |||||||
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16 | Democratic | Betsy Johnson of Scappoose | Re-elected | Democratic | Betsy Johnson | 27,182 | |||
Republican | Bob Horning | 22,657 | |||||||
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17 | Democratic | Suzanne Bonamici of Beaverton | Re-elected | Democratic | Suzanne Bonamici | 32,281 | |||
Republican | Stevan C. Kirkpatrick | 18,041 | |||||||
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19 | Democratic | Richard Devlin of Tualatin | Re-elected | Democratic | Richard Devlin | 30,179 | |||
Republican | Mary Kremer | 25,038 | |||||||
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20 | Democratic | Martha Schrader of Canby | Lost re-election | Republican | Alan Olsen | 23,044 | |||
Democratic | Martha Schrader | 22,817 | |||||||
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22 | Democratic | Chip Shields of Portland | Re-elected | Democratic | Chip Shields | 40,101 | |||
Republican | Dwyane E. Runyan | 5,345 | |||||||
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24 | Democratic | Rod Monroe of Portland | Re-elected | Democratic | Rod Monroe | 18,337 | |||
Republican | Rob Wheeler | 16,905 | |||||||
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26 | Democratic | Rick Metsger of Mt. Hood | Retired [3] | Republican | Chuck Thomsen | 24,925 | |||
Democratic | Brent Barton | 22,144 | |||||||
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In the House, with all 60 seats up for re-election, Republicans gained six seats, making the chamber evenly split between Democrats and Republicans for the next session. [1]
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