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
  Andrea Salinas
DTigard
Population (2022)702,788
Median household
income
$78,442 [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
Andrea Salinas, Official Portrait, 118th Congress.jpg
Andrea Salinas
(Tigard)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.2023–present
Polk and Yamhill; parts of Clackamas, Marion, and Washington

Recent statewide election results

Election results from presidential races
YearOfficeResults
2020 President Biden 55 - 42% [9]

Election results

2022

2022 Oregon's 6th congressional district election [10]
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)

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