Oregon's 6th congressional district | |
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Representative | |
Population (2023) | 716,584 |
Median household income | $83,695 [1] |
Ethnicity |
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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.
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]
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]
Representative | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
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District established January 3, 2023 | |||||
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 |
Year | Office | Results [9] [10] [11] |
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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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Andrea Salinas | 147,156 | 50.0 | ||
Republican | Mike Erickson | 139,946 | 47.5 | ||
Constitution | Larry McFarland | 6,762 | 2.3 | ||
Write-in | 513 | 0.2 | |||
Total votes | 294,377 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andrea Salinas (incumbent) | 180,869 | 53.3 | |
Republican | Mike Erickson | 157,634 | 46.5 | |
Write-in | 562 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 339,065 | 100% |
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