District 8 of the Oregon State Senate comprises northwestern Linn County, northeastern Benton County, and southern Marion County centered around Albany and Corvallis. It is composed of Oregon House districts 15 and 16. It is currently represented by Democrat Sara Gelser Blouin of Corvallis.
District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts of north Portland, and since 2003, it has covered slightly different areas in Benton and Linn Counties, though maintaining its focus around Albany and Corvallis. The current district differs from the previous iteration by adding more land to the north and south of Corvallis in Benton County while also adding rural exurbs of Salem in southern Marion County.
The results are as follows [1] :
| Year | Candidate | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Bill McCoy | Democratic | 78.4% | Francis Chadwick McKenna | Republican | 21.6% | No third candidate | ||
| 1988 | Bill McCoy | Democratic | 100.0% | Unopposed | |||||
| 1992 | Bill McCoy | Democratic | 58.2% | Mike Fitz | Republican | 41.8% | No third candidate | ||
| 1996 | Thomas A. Wilde | Democratic | 64.3% | Mike Fitz | Republican | 35.7% | |||
| 2000 | Margaret Carter | Democratic | 79.3% | Whitney Smith | Pacific Green | 19.3% | |||
| 2002 | Frank Morse | Republican | 54.6% | Barbara Ross | Democratic | 45.4% | |||
| 2006 | Frank Morse | Republican | 58.9% | Mario Magana | Democratic | 40.8% | |||
| 2010 | Frank Morse | Republican | 55.0% | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 44.7% | |||
| 2014 | Sara Gelser | Democratic | 55.3% | Betsy Close | Republican | 44.2% | |||
| 2018 | Sara Gelser | Democratic | 63.0% | Erik Parks | Republican | 34.7% | Brian Eggiman | Libertarian | 2.2% |
| 2022 | Sara Gelser Blouin | Democratic | 59.8% | Valerie Draper Woldeit | Republican | 40.1% | No third candidate | ||
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