2024 Oregon State Senate election

2024 Oregon State Senate election

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15 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Rob Wagner Daniel Bonham Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 9, 2023 April 15, 2024 Leader's seat 19–Lake Oswego 26–The Dalles Last election 17 seats 12 seats Seats won 18 12 Seat change 1
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election Vote share:      50–60%     60–70%     80–90%     >90%      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
President of the Senate before election Rob Wagner Democratic Elected President of the Senate Rob Wagner Democratic

The 2024 Oregon State Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5, 2024, to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate to the 83rd Oregon Legislature.

Primary elections were held in several districts on May 21, 2024. ^[1] The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislative Assembly, the Oregon House of Representatives, and other elections. ^[2]

The Democrats gained a three-fifths supermajority in the Senate for the first time since the 2020 Senate election. ^[3]

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. ^[4] Some of the senators filed a lawsuit against the secretary of state, ^[5] with the Oregon Supreme Court eventually ruling unanimously that they could not be placed on the ballot in 2024 and 2026. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
CNalysis [8]	Solid D	March 25, 2024

Outgoing incumbents

Democrats

• District 23: Michael Dembrow retired. ^[9]

Republicans

• District 2: Art Robinson was barred from re-election. ^[6]
• District 27: Tim Knopp, the former minority leader, was barred from re-election. ^[6]
• District 28: Dennis Linthicum was barred from re-election in the Senate, and ran for secretary of state instead. ^[6]
• District 29: Bill Hansell both retired and was barred from re-election. ^{[10] [11]}
• District 30: Lynn Findley both retired and was barred from re-election. ^{[12] [11]}

Independents

• District 12: Brian Boquist was barred from re-election in the Senate, and ran for state treasurer instead. ^[6]

Overview

Party		Candidates		Votes	%	Primary seats
		Primary	Secondary			Before	After	+/−
	Democratic	10	10			17
	Republican	23	13			10
	IPO	0	0			1	0	1
Total		33	23		100.0	30	30	±0

Summary by district

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	David Brock Smith		Rep	David Brock Smith		Rep
2nd	Art Robinson		Rep	Noah Robinson		Rep
5th	Dick Anderson		Rep	Dick Anderson		Rep
9th	Fred Girod		Rep	Fred Girod		Rep
12th	Brian Boquist		Rep	Bruce Starr		Rep
14th	Kate Lieber		Dem	Kate Lieber		Dem
18th	Wlnsvey Campos		Dem	Wlnsvey Campos		Dem
21st	Kathleen Taylor		Dem	Kathleen Taylor		Dem
22nd	Lew Frederick		Dem	Lew Frederick		Dem
23rd	Michael Dembrow		Dem	Khanh Pham		Dem
25th	Chris Gorsek		Dem	Chris Gorsek		Dem
27th	Tim Knopp		Rep	Anthony Broadman		Dem
28th	Dennis Linthicum		Rep	Diane Linthicum		Rep
29th	Bill Hansell		Rep	Todd Nash		Rep
30th	Lynn Findley		Rep	Mike McLane		Rep

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 5 • District 9 • District 12 • 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 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Brock Smith (incumbent)	10,872	55.8
	Republican	Todd J Vaughn	5,807	29.8
	Republican	Paul J Romero Jr	1,636	8.4
	Republican	Ashley Hicks	1,125	5.8
	Write-in		55	0.3
Total votes			19,495	100.00

General election

Oregon's 1st Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Brock Smith (incumbent)	54,925	70.8
	Democratic	Lupe Preciado-McAlister	22,417	28.9
	Write-in		254	0.3
Total votes			77,596	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Noah Robinson	13,228	61.1
	Republican	Christine Goodwin	8,367	38.7
	Write-in		51	0.2
Total votes			21,646	0.3

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tracy Thompson	6,047	97.4
	Write-in		162	2.6
Total votes			6,209	100.00

General election

Oregon's 2nd Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Noah Robinson	50,872	66.9
	Democratic	Tracy Thompson	25,040	32.9
	Write-in		123	0.2
Total votes			76,035	100.00
	Republican hold

District 5

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Anderson (incumbent)	10,297	98.7
	Write-in		133	1.3
Total votes			10,430	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jo Beaudreau	12,848	98.9
	Write-in		142	1.1
Total votes			12,990	100.00

General election

Oregon's 5th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Anderson (incumbent)	42,336	53.8
	Democratic	Jo Beaudreau	36,281	46.1
	Write-in		109	0.1
Total votes			78,726	100.00
	Republican hold

District 9

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Girod (incumbent)	12,468	99.3
	Write-in		84	0.7
Total votes			12,552	100.00

General election

Oregon's 9th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Girod (incumbent)	49,458	68.9
	Democratic	Mike Ashland	22,237	31.0
	Write-in		111	0.2
Total votes			71,806	100.00
	Republican hold

District 12

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Starr	12,334	99.1
	Write-in		106	0.9
Total votes			12,440	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Hooper	8,366	97.9
	Write-in		180	2.1
Total votes			8,546	100.00

General election

Oregon's 12th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Starr	41,459	55.6
	Democratic	Scott Hooper	25,077	33.6
	Independent	Andrea Kennedy-Smith	7,984	10.7
	Write-in		50	0.1
Total votes			74,570	100.00
	Republican hold

District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shane Bolton	3,000	97.6
	Write-in		74	2.4
Total votes			3,074	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Lieber (Incumbent)	17,055	99.6
	Write-in		71	0.4
Total votes			17,126	100.00

Endorsements

Kate Lieber

• Portland Mercury ^[15]

General election

Oregon's 14th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Lieber (incumbent)	60,002	85.0
	Libertarian	Katy Brumbelow	10,149	14.4
	Write-in		456	0.6
Total votes			70,607	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 18

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Pierson	4,338	98.7
	Write-in		58	1.3
Total votes			4,396	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wlnsvey Campos (incumbent)	8,595	98.9
	Write-in		94	1.1
Total votes			8,689	100.00

General election

Oregon's 18th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wlnsvey Campos (incumbent)	38,956	62.7
	Republican	Brian Pierson	23,114	37.2
	Write-in		65	0.1
Total votes			62,135	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 21

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen Taylor (incumbent)	20,867	99.2
	Write-in		174	0.8
Total votes			21,041	100.00

General election

Oregon's 21st Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen Taylor (incumbent)	58,422	98.0
	Write-in		1,174	2.0
Total votes			59,596	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 22

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Saperstein	1,036	95.4
	Write-in		50	4.6
Total votes			1,086	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lew Frederick (incumbent)	20,503	99.2
	Write-in		171	0.8
Total votes			20,674	100.00

Endorsements

Lew Frederick

• Portland Mercury ^[15]

General election

Oregon's 22nd Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lew Frederick (incumbent)	66,859	90.5
	Republican	Michael Saperstein	6,838	9.3
	Write-in		149	0.2
Total votes			73,846	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 23

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Khanh Pham	18,230	98.9
	Write-in		210	1.1
Total votes			18,440	100.00

General election

Oregon's 23rd Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Khanh Pham	54,001	97.5
	Write-in		1,372	2.5
Total votes			55,373	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Raymond Love	4,977	98.5
	Write-in		77	1.5
Total votes			5,054	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Gorsek (incumbent)	7,517
	Write-in		117	1.5
Total votes			7,634	100.00

Endorsements

Chris Gorsek

• Portland Mercury ^[15]

General election

Oregon's 25th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Gorsek (incumbent)	29,253	55.9
	Republican	Raymond Love	22,936	43.8
	Write-in		130	0.2
Total votes			52,319	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 27

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Summers	9,657	98.9
	Write-in		105	1.1
Total votes			9,762	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Broadman	15,512	99.4
	Write-in		91	0.6
Total votes			15,603	100.00

General election

Oregon's 27th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Broadman	50,402	59.3
	Republican	Matthew Summers	34,617	40.7
	Write-in		47	0.1
Total votes			85,066	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 28

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Linthicum	11,968	59.1
	Republican	David A Henslee	8,252	40.7
	Write-in		33	0.2
Total votes			20,253	100.00

General election

Oregon's 28th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Linthicum	50,907	69.3
	Democratic	Dylan Gutridge	22,430	30.5
	Write-in		100	0.1
Total votes			73,437	100.00
	Republican hold

District 29

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Nash	8,916	52.9
	Republican	Jim Doherty	4,215	25
	Republican	David Drotzmann	3,400	20.2
	Republican	Andy Huwe	291	1.7
	Write-in		17	0.1
Total votes			16,839	100.00

General election

Oregon's 29th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Nash	45,473	81.5
	Independent	Tania Wildbill	10,099	18.1
	Write-in		253	0.5
Total votes			55,825	100.00
	Republican hold

District 30

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike McLane	13,332	67.3
	Republican	Douglas Muck Jr	4,808	24.3
	Republican	Robert Neuman	1,598	8.1
	Write-in		62	0.3
Total votes			19,800	100.00

General election

Oregon's 30th Senate district results ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike McLane	56,886	98.4
	Write-in		946	1.6
Total votes			57,832	100.00
	Republican hold

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