2026 Oregon House of Representatives election

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2026 Oregon House of Representatives election
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  2024 November 3, 20242028 

All 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives
31 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Julie Fahey Lucetta Elmer
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceMarch 7, 2024October 8, 2025 [1]
Leader's seat 14thEugene 24thMcMinnville
Last election36 seats, 60%24 seats, 40%
Seats wonTBDTBD
Seat changeTBDTBD

Speaker before election

Julie Fahey
Democratic

Elected Speaker

TBD
TBD

The 2026 Oregon House of Representatives election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 Oregon elections and 2026 United States elections. [2] Voters will elect members of the Oregon House of Representatives in all 60 of the U.S. state of Oregon's legislative districts to serve a two-year term. [3]

Contents

Retirements

So far, 5 representatives have announced that they will not be seeking re-election.

Democrats

Two Democrats are not seeking re-election.

  1. District 7: John Lively is retiring [4]
  2. District 27: Ken Helm is retiring [5]
  3. District 40: Annessa Hartman is retiring to run for Clackamas County Commission [6]

Republicans

Two Republicans are not seeking re-election

  1. District 11: Jami Cate is retiring to run for State Senate.
  2. District 52: Jeff Helfrich is retiring to run for State Senate.

District overview

District Incumbent PartyMargin of victoryElected RepresentativesParty
1st Court Boice Rep34.72%TBD
2nd Virgle Osborne Rep42.63%TBD
3rd Dwayne Yunker Rep35.58%TBD
4th Alek Skarlatos Rep40.54%TBD
5th Pam Marsh Dem28.23%TBD
6th Kim Wallan Rep16.09%TBD
7th John Lively Dem11.77%TBD
8th Lisa Fragala Dem97.37% [a] TBD
9th Boomer Wright Rep23.85%TBD
10th David Gomberg Dem97.37% [a] TBD
11th Jami Cate Rep47.96%TBD
12th Darin Harbick Rep15.48%TBD
13th Nancy Nathanson Dem33.10%TBD
14th Julie Fahey Dem94.09% [a] TBD
15th Shelly Boshart Davis Rep17.54%TBD
16th Sarah Finger McDonald Dem66.91%TBD
17th Ed Diehl Rep38.70%TBD
18th Rick Lewis Rep41.78%TBD
19th Tom Andersen Dem8.66%TBD
20th Paul Evans Dem16.18%TBD
21st Kevin Mannix Rep3.83%TBD
22nd Lesly Muñoz Dem0.77%TBD
23rd Anna Scharf Rep24.23%TBD
24th Lucetta Elmer Rep19.39%TBD
25th Ben Bowman Dem35.43%TBD
26th Sue Rieke Smith Dem12.29% [b] TBD
27th Ken Helm Dem48.18%TBD
28th Dacia Grayber Dem71.85%TBD
29th Susan McLain Dem96.38% [a] TBD
30th Nathan Sosa Dem96.43% [a] TBD
31th Darcey Edwards Rep21.75%TBD
32nd Cyrus Javadi Rep [c] 17.54%TBD
33rd Shannon Jones Isadore Dem70.97%TBD
34th Lisa Reynolds Dem43.05%TBD
35th Farrah Chaichi Dem38.15%TBD
36th Hai Pham Dem25.87%TBD
37th Jules Walters Dem22.69%TBD
38th Daniel Nguyen Dem97.86% [a] TBD
39th April Dobson Dem9.09%TBD
40th Annessa Hartman Dem11.86%TBD
41st Mark Gamba Dem59.88%TBD
42nd Rob Nosse Dem98.53% [a] TBD
43rd Tawna Sanchez Dem84.46%TBD
44th Travis Nelson Dem98.29% [a] TBD
45th Thuy Tran Dem98.04% [a] TBD
46th Willy Chotzen Dem65.40%TBD
47th Andrea Valderrama Dem95.53% [a] TBD
48th Lamar Wise Dem6.15% [d] TBD
49th Zach Hudson Dem11.93%TBD
50th Ricki Ruiz Dem9.32%TBD
51st vacant [e] Rep94.13% [a] [f] TBD
52nd Jeff Helfrich Rep3.79%TBD
53rd Emerson Levy Dem8.60%TBD
54th Jason Kropf Dem96.47% [a] TBD
55th E. Werner Reschke Rep39.36%TBD
56th Emily McIntire Rep96.69% [a] TBD
57th Greg Smith Rep97.58% [a] TBD
58th Bobby Levy Rep98.23% [a] TBD
59th Vikki Breese-Iverson Rep43.49%TBD
60th Mark Owens Rep98.79% [a] TBD

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ran unopposed.
  2. Margin of victory of Courtney Neron Misslin, who previously held this seat but was appointed to the Oregon State Senate.
  3. Javadi switched to the Democratic Party in September 2025. [7]
  4. Margin of victory of Hoa Nguyen, who died October 9, 2025.
  5. Christine Drazan, who formerly held this seat, was appointed to the state Senate in October 2025.
  6. Margin of victory of Christine Drazan, who was appointed to the state Senate in October 2025.

References

  1. Maldonado, Mia. "Oregon House Republicans elect McMinnville's Rep. Lucetta Elmer to lead them". Oregon Capitol Chronicle. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  2. Booker, Brakkton (July 29, 2025). "The 2026 midterms are officially underway". POLITICO. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  3. "Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2026". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  4. Torres, Alan. "Springfield State Rep. John Lively to retire from Legislature". The Register-Guard. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  5. Baumhardt, Alex (October 30, 2025). "Beaverton-area lawmaker, a specialist in land use and water laws, to retire from Legislature". oregonlive. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  6. "Oregon Democrat who bucked her party on transportation vote won't seek reelection". opb. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  7. VanderHart, Dirk. "Oregon state Rep. Cyrus Javadi switches political teams, registers as a Democrat". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved November 10, 2025.