Oregon's 6th congressional district

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Oregon's 6th congressional district
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Oregon's 6th congressional district from January 3, 2023
(as signed into law by the Governor)
Representative
Population (2023)716,584
Median household
income
$83,695 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+4 [2]

Oregon's 6th congressional district is a congressional district created after the 2020 United States census. It consists of Polk and Yamhill Counties, in addition to portions of Marion, Clackamas, and Washington Counties. [3] It takes in all of urban Salem, the state's capital, as well as the southwestern suburbs of Portland.

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The district elected a member of the United States House of Representatives beginning with the 2022 elections. [4] There were originally sixteen candidates that entered in the race, more than for any other congressional seat in the state in 2022. [5] [6]

History

On September 27, 2021, Oregon adopted a redistricting plan to be used in the 2022 elections onwards. That plan carved a new 6th congressional district out of parts of the former first and fifth districts. [7] The district had a PVI rating of D+4, as of October 2021. [8]

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyTermCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District established January 3, 2023
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Andrea Salinas
(Tigard)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th
119th
Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present
Polk and Yamhill; parts of Clackamas, Marion, and Washington

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [9] [10] [11]
2008 President Obama 53% - 45%
2012 President Obama 51% - 49%
2016 President Clinton 47% - 41%
Senate Wyden 53% - 37%
Governor (Spec.) Pierce 49% - 46%
Attorney General Rosenblum 52% - 45%
2018 Governor Brown 47.1% - 46.8%
2020 President Biden 55% - 42%
Senate Merkley 55% - 41%
Secretary of State Fagan 48% - 46%
Treasurer Read 50% - 44%
Attorney General Rosenblum 54% - 43%
2022 Senate Wyden 53% - 44%
Governor Drazan 46% - 44%

Election results

2022

2022 Oregon's 6th congressional district election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrea Salinas 147,156 50.0
Republican Mike Erickson 139,94647.5
Constitution Larry McFarland6,7622.3
Write-in 5130.2
Total votes294,377 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

2024

2024 United States House election: Oregon District 6
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrea Salinas (incumbent) 180,869 53.3
Republican Mike Erickson 157,63446.5
Write-in 5620.2
Total votes339,065 100%

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