Oregon's 53rd House district

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District 53 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021, the district is contained entirely within Deschutes County and includes the cities of Redmond, Oregon, Sisters, and Tumalo as well as northern parts of Bend and the Redmond Municipal Airport. The current representative for the district is Democrat Emerson Levy of Redmond. [1] [2]

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Election results

District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, representatives before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. General election results from 2000 to present [3] [4] are as follows:

YearCandidatePartyPercentOpponentPartyPercentOpponentPartyPercent Write-in percentage
2000 Bill Garrard Republican 56.54%Wayne Snoozy Democratic 43.46%No third candidate
2002 [lower-alpha 1] Ben Westlund Republican65.96% Cylvia Hayes Democratic30.54%Curt Wagoner Libertarian 3.50%
2004 [lower-alpha 2] Gene Whisnant Republican83.53%Mark Francis Constitution 15.39%No third candidate1.08%
2006Gene WhisnantRepublican59.11%Bill SmithDemocratic40.78%0.11%
2008Gene WhisnantRepublican67.13%Conrad RuelDemocratic32.72%0.15%
2010 Gene WhisnantRepublican72.82%John HuddleDemocratic27.01%0.17%
2012 Gene WhisnantRepublican97.92%Unopposed2.08%
2014 Gene WhisnantRepublican97.67%2.33%
2016 Gene WhisnantRepublican67.45%Michael GrahamDemocratic32.38%No third candidate0.17%
2018 Jack Zika Republican56.44%Eileen KielyDemocratic43.42%0.14%
2020 Jack ZikaRepublican57.10% Emerson Levy Democratic42.80%0.10%
2022 Emerson LevyDemocratic50.61%Michael SipeRepublican49.30%0.89%
  1. Ben Westlund was the incumbent in this election. He previously represented District 55, but was moved to this district due to redistricting following the 2000 United States census. [5]
  2. Gene Whisnant was the incumbent in this election. He was appointed to this seat on September 3, 2003 to replace Ben Westlund, who resigned to take an appointment to the 27th district seat in the Oregon Senate. [6] [7] [8]

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