2020 Oregon State Senate election

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2020 Oregon State Senate election
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16 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Rob Wagner.jpg Herman Baertschiger.jpg
Leader Rob Wagner Herman Baertschiger Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceMay 22, 2020January 22, 2019
Leader's seat District 19 (Lake Oswego) District 2 (Grants Pass)
Last election18 seats, 62.1%12 seats, 37.9%
Seats before1812
Seats won1812
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote628,347516,030
Percentage54.0%44.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 8.1%Increase2.svg 6.5%
Oregon State Senate 2020 Election Results.svg
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election
President of the Senate before election

Peter Courtney
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

Peter Courtney
Democratic

The 2020 Oregon State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in 16 of the 30 Oregon State Senate districts elected their state senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President.

Contents

The Democratic Party kept their majority. [1] The Oregon State Senate does not have term limits.

Background

Democrats had held the Oregon Senate since 2002 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.

Electoral system

Members of the Oregon State Senate are elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to four-year terms with staggered elections. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition, and write-in candidates had to file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [2] Likely DOctober 21, 2020

Results summary

Results [3] [4] [5]
AffiliationCandidatesVotesVote %Seats beforeSeats upSeats wonSeats after
Democratic 16628,34754.01%187718
Republican 12516,03044.36%129912
Libertarian 36,6940.58%0000
Pacific Green 13,1070.27%0000
Total valid votes321,154,17899.21%30161630

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 10 (special), 0.74% (gain)
  2. District 27, 1.63%
  3. District 5, 2.85% (gain)
  4. District 25, 3.99%

Results by district

1st District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dallas Heard 51,417 68.64%
Democratic Kat Stone23,36931.20%
Write-in 1240.17%
Total votes74,910 100.00%

2nd District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Art Robinson 48,627 63.90%
Democratic Jerry Allen25,55933.59%
Libertarian Thomas Griffin1,7922.35%
Write-in 1240.16%
Total votes76,102 100.00%

5th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dick Anderson 37,807 49.32%
Democratic Melissa Cribbins35,62046.47%
Green Shauleen Higgins3,1074.05%
Write-in 1180.15%
Total votes76,652 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

9th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Girod 50,357 66.96%
Democratic Jim Hinsvark22,62730.09%
Libertarian Patrick Marnell2,1272.83%
Write-in 930.12%
Total votes75,204 100.00%

10th District (special)

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Deb Patterson 37,725 48.49%
Republican Denyc Boles 37,14947.75%
Libertarian Taylor A Rickey2,7753.57%
Write-in 1450.19%
Total votes77,794 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

12th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Boquist 45,391 58.27%
Democratic Bernadette Hansen32,38941.58%
Write-in 1150.15
Total votes77,895 100.00%

14th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kate Lieber 48,900 68.99%
Republican Harmony Mulkey21,83830.81%
Write-in 1410.20%
Total votes70,879 100.00%

18th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ginny Burdick 63,082 95.78%
Write-in 2,7764.22%
Total votes65,858 100.00%

21st District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathleen Taylor 71,543 97.59%
Write-in 1,7692.41%
Total votes73,312 100.00%

22nd District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lew Frederick 70,489 98.05%
Write-in 1,4011.95%
Total votes71,890 100.00%

23rd District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Dembrow 61,638 97.03%
Write-in 1,8852.97%
Total votes63,523 100.00%

25th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Gorsek 30,206 51.93%
Republican Justin Hwang 27,88247.94%
Write-in 760.13%
Total votes58,164 100.00%

27th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Knopp 49,207 50.73%
Democratic Eileen Kiely47,62149.10%
Write-in 1610.17%
Total votes96,989 100.00%

28th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Linthicum 54,800 72.73%
Democratic Hugh Palcic20,44427.13%
Write-in 1020.14%
Total votes75,346 100.00%

29th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Hansell 45,084 75.91%
Democratic Mildred O'Callaghan14,21423.93%
Write-in 940.16%
Total votes59,392 100.00%

30th District

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lynn Findley 46,471 66.87%
Democratic Carina Miller22,92132.98%
Write-in 1050.15%
Total votes69,497 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oregon Secretary of State". results.oregonvotes.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Oregon Secretary of State". sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Statistiques" (PDF). sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Résultats" (PDF). sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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