2018 Oregon legislative election

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2018 Oregon legislative elections
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  2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020  

17 seats in the Oregon State Senate
60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before52
(17 in Senate,
35 in House)
38
(13 in Senate,
25 in House)
Seats after56
(18 in Senate,
38 in House)
34
(12 in Senate,
22 in House)
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4
Increase2.svg1 in Senate
Increase2.svg3 in House
Decrease2.svg4
Decrease2.svg1 in Senate
Decrease2.svg3 in House

The 2018 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic parties held primary elections on May 15, 2018, with general elections on November 6, 2018.

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As a result of the elections, the Democratic Party expanded its advantage in both houses of the state legislature. The party gained one seat in the Oregon State Senate and three seats in the Oregon House of Representatives, bringing its advantage over the Republican Party to 18–12 and 38–22, respectively. These gains gave the Democratic Party a 3/5 (or 60%) supermajority in both chambers for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly. [1]

Oregon Senate

2018 Oregon State Senate elections
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  2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020  

17 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Peter Courtney Senate (cropped).jpg Herman Baertschiger.jpg
Leader Peter Courtney Herman Baertschiger Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 11th-Keizer 2nd-Grants Pass
Seats before1713
Seats after1812
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote564,247367,063
Percentage59.23%38.53%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.28%Decrease2.svg5.74%

Oregon State Senate 2018 Election Results.svg
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

The 30 members of the Oregon State Senate are elected to four-year terms, and only half of those seats (15) are up for election every two years. In addition to these 15 regular elections, there were two special elections to determine who would complete the four-year terms of senators who were replaced during the first half of their term. These 17 seats up for election were represented by 10 Democrats and seven Republicans. The Democrats decreased their advantage over Republicans from 18–12 to 17–13 in the 2016 election.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [2] Safe DOctober 8, 2018

Open seat

Results

AffiliationCandidatesVotesVote %Seats wonSeats after
Democratic 17564,24759.23%1118 (Increase2.svg1)
Republican 13367,06338.53%612 (Decrease2.svg1)
Constitution Party 110,6371.12%00
Libertarian 34,1260.43%00
OthersN/A6,5960.69%00
Total34952,669100%1730
District [4] PartyIncumbentStatusPartyCandidateVotes %
1
(Special) [a]
Republican Dallas Heard
of Roseburg
Re-elected Republican Dallas Heard37,90164.23%
Democratic Shannon Souza21,01235.61%
others970.16%
3 Republican Alan DeBoer
of Ashland
Retired, Democratic gain Democratic Jeff Golden 35,83455.15%
Republican Jessica Gomez29,06544.73%
others750.12%
4 Democratic Floyd Prozanski
of Eugene
Re-elected Democratic Floyd Prozanski38,62359.15%
Republican Scott Rohter25,03138.33%
Libertarian Frank Lengele, Jr.1,5302.34%
others1170.18%
6 Democratic Lee Beyer
of Springfield
Re-elected Democratic Lee Beyer32,92559.09%
Republican Robert Schwartz22,67140.69%
others1210.22%
7 Democratic James Manning Jr.
of Eugene
Re-elected Democratic James Manning Jr.38,26294.69%
others2,1465.31%
8 Democratic Sara Gelser
of Corvallis
Re-elected Democratic Sara Gelser38,11962.99%
Republican Erik Parks20,95934.63%
Libertarian Bryan Eggiman1,3512.23%
others900.15%
10 Republican Jackie Winters
of Salem
Re-elected Republican Jackie Winters33,14553.90%
Democratic Deb Patterson28,21045.88%
others1350.22%
11 Democratic Peter Courtney
of Salem
Re-elected Democratic Peter Courtney22,77260.48%
Republican Greg Warnock14,76039.20%
others1190.32%
13 Republican Kim Thatcher
of Keizer
Re-elected Republican Kim Thatcher34,88855.92%
Democratic Sarah Grider27,41543.94%
others890.14%
15 Democratic Chuck Riley
of Hillsboro
Re-elected Democratic Chuck Riley30,77059.26%
Republican Alexander Flores21,03740.52%
others1140.22%
16 Democratic Betsy Johnson
of Scappoose
Re-elected Democratic Betsy Johnson50,39882.03%
Constitution Ray Biggs10,63717.31%
others4000.65%
17 Democratic Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Elizabeth Steiner Hayward46,78497.72%
others1,0942.28%
19 Democratic Rob Wagner
of Lake Oswego
Re-elected Democratic Rob Wagner47,52165.50%
Republican David Poulson24,91334.34%
others1160.16%
20 Republican Alan Olsen
of Canby
Re-elected Republican Alan Olsen33,68551.85%
Democratic Charles Gallia29,92746.06%
Libertarian Kenny Sernach1,2451.92%
others1110.17%
24 Democratic Rod Monroe
of Portland
Lost primary election, Democratic hold Democratic Shemia Fagan 30,88795.06%
others1,6064.94%
26 Republican Chuck Thomsen
of Hood River
Re-elected Republican Chuck Thomsen29,47250.11%
Democratic Chrissy Reitz29,26349.76%
others790.13%
30
(Special) [b]
Republican Cliff Bentz
of Ontario
Re-elected Republican Cliff Bentz39,53671.69%
Democratic Solea Kabakov15,52528.15%
others870.16%
  1. This election decided who would complete the final two years of the four year term (2017-2020) to which Jeff Kruse was elected. Kruse resigned on March 15, 2018 due to a sex scandal. [5] His successor, Dallas Heard, was appointed on April 9, 2018. [6]
  2. This election decided who would complete the final two years of the four year term (2017-2020) to which Ted Ferrioli was elected. Ferrioli resigned on November 22, 2017 to accept an appointment to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. [7] His successor, Cliff Bentz, was appointed on January 4, 2018. [8]

Oregon House of Representatives

2018 Oregon House of Representatives elections
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  2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020  

60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives
31 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Tina Kotek, 2021.jpg Christine Drazan (3x4a).jpg
Leader Tina Kotek Christine Drazan
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceJanuary 2011September 16, 2019
Leader's seat 44th-N/NE Portland 39th-Canby
Seats before3525
Seats after3822
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote960,817666,608
Percentage56.94%39.51%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.71%Decrease2.svg3.54%

Oregon House of Representatives Election 2018 - Results by District.svg
Results
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold

The 60 members of the Oregon House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, so all 60 seats were up for election. In this election, these seats were represented by 35 Democrats and 25 Republicans. The Democrats maintained their 35–25 advantage in the 2016 election.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [2] Safe DOctober 8, 2018

Open seats

Results

AffiliationCandidatesVotesVote %Seats Won
Democratic 56960,81756.94%38 (Increase2.svg3)
Republican 44666,60839.51%22 (Decrease2.svg3)
Libertarian 1223,9911.42%0
Independent 418,6071.10%0
Working Families 15,5600.33%0
OthersN/A11,7850.70%0
Total1171,687,368100%60
District [4] PartyIncumbentStatusPartyCandidateVotes %
1 Republican David Brock Smith
of Port Orford
Re-elected Republican David Brock Smith22,07768.46%
Democratic Eldon Rollins10,07131.23%
others1000.31%
2 Republican Gary Leif
of Roseburg
Re-elected Republican Gary Leif17,10466.11%
Democratic Megan Salter8,70033.63%
others690.27%
3 Republican Carl Wilson
of Grants Pass
Re-elected Republican Carl Wilson17,10469.15%
Democratic Jerry Morgan9,10030.59%
others760.26%
4 Republican Duane Stark
of Grants Pass
Re-elected Republican Duane Stark17,44098.21%
others3181.79%
5 Democratic Pam Marsh
of Ashland
Re-elected Democratic Pam Marsh24,64367.98%
Republican Sandra Abercrombie11,58031.94%
others280.08%
6 Republican Sal Esquivel
of Medford
Retired, Republican hold Republican Kim Wallan 14,68153.89%
Democratic Michelle Blum Atkinson12,53045.99%
others320.12%
7 Republican Cedric Ross Hayden
of Fall Creek
Re-elected Republican Cedric Ross Hayden17,88660.83%
Democratic Christy Inskip11,43438.89%
others830.28%
8 Democratic Paul Holvey
of Eugene
Re-elected Democratic Paul Holvey25,83579.85%
Libertarian Martha Sherwood6,31019.50%
others2100.65%
9 Democratic Caddy McKeown
of Coos Bay
Re-elected Democratic Caddy McKeown16,18154.10%
Republican Teri Grier13,61045.50%
others1180.39%
10 Democratic David Gomberg
of Otis
Re-elected Democratic David Gomberg17,71357.16%
Republican Thomas Donohue13,23242.70%
others440.14%
11 Democratic Phil Barnhart
of Eugene
Retired, Democratic hold Democratic Marty Wilde 18,13256.92%
Republican Mark Herbert13,69042.97%
others340.11%
12 Democratic John Lively
of Springfield
Re-elected Democratic John Lively16,38895.23%
others8204.77%
13 Democratic Nancy Nathanson
of Eugene
Re-elected Democratic Nancy Nathanson21,38796.72%
others7253.28%
14 Democratic Julie Fahey
of Eugene
Re-elected Democratic Julie Fahey17,26461.01%
Republican Rich Cunningham10,96938.76%
others640.23%
15 Republican Andy Olson
of Albany
Retired, Republican hold Republican Shelly Boshart Davis 17,48056.30%
Democratic Jerred Taylor11,99138.62%
Independent Party Cynthia Hyatt1,5394.96%
others400.13%
16 Democratic Dan Rayfield
of Corvallis
Re-elected Democratic Dan Rayfield23,15897.44%
others6092.56%
17 Republican Sherrie Sprenger
of Scio
Re-elected Republican Sherrie Sprenger20,88071.18%
Democratic Renee Windsor-White8,38428.58%
others690.24%
18 Republican Rick Lewis
of Silverton
Re-elected Republican Rick Lewis18,95065.94%
Democratic Barry Shapiro9,73133.86%
others570.20%
19 Republican Denyc Boles
of Salem
Re-elected Republican Denyc Boles15,77853.25%
Democratic Mike Ellison13,79546.56%
others550.19%
20 Democratic Paul Evans
of Monmouth
Re-elected Democratic Paul Evans16,90753.43%
Republican Selma Pierce14,65246.30%
others840.27%
21 Democratic Brian L. Clem
of Salem
Re-elected Democratic Brian L. Clem13,44063.50%
Republican Jack Esp7,63236.06%
others920.43%
22 Democratic Teresa Alonso Leon
of Woodburn
Re-elected Democratic Teresa Alonso Leon9,63059.63%
Republican Marty Heyen6,48640.16%
others330.20%
23 Republican Mike Nearman
of Independence
Re-elected Republican Mike Nearman17,97154.35%
Democratic Danny Jaffer14,31743.30%
Libertarian Mark Karnowski7382.23%
others370.11%
24 Republican Ron Noble
of McMinnville
Re-elected Republican Ron Noble16,76255.57%
Democratic Ken Moore13,37044.32%
others320.11%
25 Republican Bill Post
of Keizer
Re-elected Republican Bill Post16,73658.32%
Democratic Dave McCall11,92641.56%
others360.13%
26 Republican Rich Vial
of Scholls
Lost re-election, Democratic gain Democratic Courtney Neron Misslin 17,21150.82%
Republican Rich Vial15,92847.03%
Libertarian Tim Nelson6832.02%
others460.14%
27 Democratic Sheri Malstrom
of Beaverton
Re-elected Democratic Sheri Malstrom20,28666.28%
Independent Party Brian Pierson9,36130.58%
Libertarian Katy Brumbelow9243.02%
others360.12%
28 Democratic Jeff Barker
of Aloha
Re-elected Democratic Jeff Barker20,78984.23%
Libertarian Lars Hedbor3,68014.91%
others2130.86%
29 Democratic Susan McLain
of Forest Grove
Re-elected Democratic Susan McLain13,65258.62%
Republican David Molina9,16639.36%
Libertarian William Namestnik4421.90%
others280.12%
30 Democratic Janeen Sollman
of Hillsboro
Re-elected Democratic Janeen Sollman17,45961.67%
Republican Dorothy Merritt8,63030.48%
Libertarian Kyle Markley2,1887.73%
others340.12%
31 Democratic Brad Witt
of Clatskanie
Re-elected Democratic Brad Witt17,49153.93%
Republican Brian Stout14,87045.85%
others730.23%
32 Democratic Deborah Boone
of Cannon Beach
Retired, Democratic hold Democratic Tiffiny Mitchell 15,44249.03%
Republican Vineeta Lower13,61843.24%
Independent Party Brian Halvorsen1,3254.21%
Libertarian Randell Carson1,0613.37%
others470.15%
33 Democratic Mitch Greenlick
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Mitch Greenlick26,90175.86%
Republican Elizabeth Reye8,50023.97%
others610.17%
34 Democratic Ken Helm
of Beaverton
Re-elected Democratic Ken Helm19,47069.24%
Republican Michael Ngo7,04125.04%
Libertarian Joshua Ryan Johnston1,5585.54%
others490.17%
35 Democratic Margaret Doherty
of Tigard
Re-elected Democratic Margaret Doherty22,13667.29%
Republican Bob Niemeyer10,70432.54%
others550.17%
36 Democratic Jennifer Williamson
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Jennifer Williamson28,08198.05%
others5591.95%
37 Republican Julie Parrish
of West Linn
Lost re-election, Democratic gain Democratic Rachel Prusak 18,35752.69%
Republican Julie Parrish16,43447.17%
others510.15%
38 Democratic Andrea Salinas
of Lake Oswego
Re-elected Democratic Andrea Salinas25,97497.63%
others6312.37%
39 Republican Bill Kennemer
of Oregon City
Retired, Republican hold Republican Christine Drazan 19,73259.07%
Democratic Elizabeth Graser-Lindsey13,61140.74%
others630.19%
40 Democratic Mark Meek
of Gladstone
Re-elected Democratic Mark Meek17,42855.62%
Republican Josh Hill13,83344.15%
others720.23%
41 Democratic Karin Power
of Milwaukie
Re-elected Democratic Karin Power23,63897.14%
others6962.86%
42 Democratic Rob Nosse
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Rob Nosse37,22293.68%
Libertarian Bruce Alexander Knight2,4006.04%
others1100.28%
43 Democratic Tawna Sanchez
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Tawna Sanchez31,88598.68%
others4251.32%
44 Democratic Tina Kotek
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Tina Kotek27,19489.07%
Libertarian Manny Guerra3,18110.42%
others1550.51%
45 Democratic Barbara Smith Warner
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Barbara Smith Warner25,69597.73%
others5982.27%
46 Democratic Alissa Keny-Guyer
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Alissa Keny-Guyer24,57397.69%
others5812.31%
47 Democratic Diego Hernandez
of Portland
Re-elected Democratic Diego Hernandez14,74195.98%
others6184.02%
48 Democratic Jeff Reardon
of Happy Valley
Re-elected Democratic Jeff Reardon16,25069.36%
Republican Sonny Yellott7,07930.22%
others980.42%
49 Democratic Chris Gorsek
of Troutdale
Re-elected Democratic Chris Gorsek11,04551.25%
Republican Justin Hwang9,65844.82%
Libertarian Heather Ricks8263.83%
others210.10%
50 Democratic Carla Piluso
of Gresham
Re-elected Democratic Carla Piluso14,59593.83%
others9606.17%
51 Democratic Janelle Bynum
of Happy Valley
Re-elected Democratic Janelle Bynum14,84353.92%
Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 12,62045.85%
others630.23%
52 Republican Jeff Helfrich
of Hood River
Lost re-election, Democratic gain Democratic Anna Williams 16,13551.36%
Republican Jeff Helfrich15,23848.51%
others410.13%
53 Republican Gene Whisnant
of Sunriver
Retired, Republican hold Republican Jack Zika 21,06356.44%
Democratic Eileen Kiely16,20743.42%
others520.14%
54 Republican Knute Buehler
of Bend
Retired, Republican hold Republican Cheri Helt 21,13458.12%
Democratic Nathan Boddie9,00024.75%
Working Families Amanda La Bell5,56015.29%
others6701.84%
55 Republican Mike McLane
of Powell Butte
Re-elected Republican Mike McLane23,83273.19%
Democratic Karen Rippberger8,69426.70%
others370.11%
56 Republican E. Werner Reschke
of Klamath Falls
Re-elected Republican E. Werner Reschke18,31271.78%
Democratic Taylor Tupper7,13027.95%
others680.27%
57 Republican Greg Smith
of Heppner
Re-elected Republican Greg Smith15,79498.20%
others2891.80%
58 Republican Greg Barreto
of Cove
Re-elected Republican Greg Barreto19,82875.38%
Independent Party Skye Farnam6,38224.26%
others940.36%
59 Republican Daniel Bonham
of The Dalles
Re-elected Republican Daniel Bonham19,23662.22%
Democratic Darcy Long-Curtiss11,65537.70%
others270.09%
60 Republican Lynn Findley
of Vale
Re-elected Republican Lynn Findley18,19498.38%
others2991.62%

See also

References

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