The 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began on January 21, 2025.[2][3][4] Democrats netted one seat in both the House and the Senate to win a three-fifths supermajority in both chambers, which is required to pass new taxes or update existing taxes.[5] However, they fell short of the two-thirds majority required to unilaterally meet quorum in both houses, needing 2 more seats in the Senate and 4 more seats in the House.
There are 8 freshman senators in this legislative session, 6 of them Republicans due in part to the 2023 Senate walkout and the passage of Measure 113 denying legislators with 10 or more unexcused absences from running for re-election.[7]
Retirements, vacant seats, and election losses led to 11 freshman members of the House during this legislative session.[8] Only one of these new members was due to an incumbent being defeated by a challenger from an opposing party, with Democrats gaining one seat from the previous session due to Lesly Muñoz defeating incumbent Republican Tracy Cramer by just 161 votes.[9] However, two Republican legislators (Charlie Conrad and James Hieb) were defeated in their party's primary elections. They were replaced by Darin Harbick and Christine Drazan, respectively.
↑ Mannix previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 32 between 1989 and 1997 as a Democrat and between 1999 and 2001 as a Republican and in the Oregon Senate as a Republican between 1997 and 1999.
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