2024 Oregon Senate election

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2024 Oregon Senate election
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15 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Rob Wagner.jpg Tim Knopp.jpg Brian Boquist.jpg
Leader Rob Wagner Tim Knopp
(barred from re-election)		 Brian Boquist
(barred from re-election)
Party Democratic Republican Independent Party
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 2023October 22, 2021January 15, 2021
Leader's seat 19–Lake Oswego 27–Bend 12–McMinville
Last election17 seats11 seats0 seats
Current seats17101
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 15
Oregon State Senate 2024 Election Results.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent     Democratic incumbent retiring
     Republican incumbent     Republican incumbent retiring or barred
     Independent Republican incumbent barred     Independent incumbent barred
     No election
Incumbent President of the Senate

Rob Wagner
Democratic



The 2024 Oregon Senate election will be held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5, 2024, to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate of the 82nd Oregon Legislature.

Contents

A primary election will be held in several districts on May 21, 2024. [1] The election will coincide with the election of the other house of the Legislative Assembly, the Oregon House of Representatives, and other elections. [2]

Background

On August 8, 2023, Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced that as per the recently passed Oregon Ballot Measure 113, 10 Republican senators who participated in walkouts earlier in the year are not eligible for re-election for the next term. Six of these senators are up for election in 2024. [3] Some of the senators have filed a lawsuit against the secretary of state. [4] On February 1, 2024, the Oregon Supreme Court decided that these senators could not be placed on the ballot. [5]

Electoral system

The 15 members of the Senate up for election were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for four-year terms.

Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic and Republican) for each district were determined by a primary election on May 21, 2024.

Minor party candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted. Candidates for the state Senate in 2024 were required to file to run from September 14, 2023, to March 12, 2024. [6]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid DMarch 25, 2024

Retirements

Democrats

Republicans

Independents

Overview

PartyCandidatesVotes%Primary seats
PrimarySecondaryBeforeAfter+/−
Democratic 17
Republican 10
IPO 1
Total100.03030±0

Summary by district

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1st David Brock Smith Rep
2nd Art Robinson Rep
5th Dick Anderson Rep
9th Fred Girod Rep
12th Brian Boquist Ind
14th Kate Lieber Dem
18th Wlnsvey Campos Dem
21st Kathleen Taylor Dem
22nd Lew Frederick Dem
23rd Michael Dembrow Dem
25th Chris Gorsek Dem
27th Tim Knopp Rep
28th Dennis Linthicum Rep
29th Bill Hansell Rep
30th Lynn Findley Rep

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 5 • District 9 • District 11 • District 14 • District 18 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30

District 1

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ashley Hicks
Republican Paul J Romero Jr
Republican David Brock Smith (incumbent0
Republican Todd J Vaughn
Write-in
Total votes100.00

General election

Oregon's 1st Senate district results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Write-in
Total votes100.00

District 2

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Noah Robinson
Republican Christine Goodwin
Total votes100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tracy Thompson
Total votes100.00

General election

Oregon's 2nd Senate district results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic Tracy Thompson
Total votes100.00

District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dick Anderson
Total votes100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tracy Thompson
Total votes100.00

General election

Oregon's 5th Senate district results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic Tracy Thompson
Total votes100.00

District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Girod
Total votes100.00

General election

Oregon's 9th Senate district results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Girod
Write-in
Total votes100.00

District 12

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Total votes100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Scott A Hooper
Total votes100.00

General election

Oregon's 12th Senate district results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic Scott A Hooper
Total votes100.00

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References

  1. ↑ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Ari; VanderHart, Dirk; Mohammad, Lina; Brown, Ashley; Westervelt, Eric (May 15, 2023). "Oregon Republicans' walkouts trigger a new state law on reelection". NPR .
  4. ↑ VanderHart, Dirk (August 25, 2023). "Republican senators sue Oregon secretary of state, saying walkout doesn't block them from seeking reelection". Oregon Public Broadcasting . Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Shumway, Julia (February 1, 2024). "Oregon Supreme Court bars Republican senators who participated in walkout from reelection". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Public Elections Calendar | data.oregon.gov | Oregon's Open Data Portal | Oregon.gov". data.oregon.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  7. ↑ "24 OR Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ↑ "State Rep. Khanh Pham Will Run for Oregon Senate". Willamette Week . September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ Shumway, Julia (March 2, 2023). "Longtime eastern Oregon Sen. Bill Hansell plans to retire in 2024". Oregon Capital Chronicle .
  10. ↑ Shumway, Julia (January 31, 2024). "Oregon Supreme Court to rule Thursday in Republican Senate walkout case". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Retrieved February 1, 2024.


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