2020 Oregon House of Representatives election

The 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in the 60 districts of the Oregon House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for the Oregon State Senate and for U.S. President.

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November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

2022 →

All 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives
31 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Tina Kotek	Christine Drazan
Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	38 seats, 56.9%	22 seats, 39.5%
Seats won	37	23
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	1,210,848	958,075
Percentage	55.0%	43.5%
Swing	1.9%	4.0%

Results
Democratic hold Democratic gain
Republican hold Republican gain

Speaker before election

Tina Kotek
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Tina Kotek
Democratic

The Democratic Party kept their majority.^[1] The Oregon Legislature does not have term limits.

Background

Democrats have held the Oregon House since 2007 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Oregon State House are elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to two-year terms. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition and write-in candidates had to file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Likely D	October 21, 2020

Results summary

Results^{[citation needed]}
Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	Vote %	Seats Won
	Democratic	60	1,210,848	55.03%	37
	Republican	53	958,075	43.54%	23
	Libertarian	8	13,595	0.62%	0
	Pacific Green	2	2,463	0.11%	0
	Working Families	1	5,264	0.24%	0
	Write-in	N/A	10,226	0.46%	0
Total		124	2,200,471	100.00%	60

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 52, 0.21%
District 31, 1.2%
District 20, 3.94%
District 11, 4.32%
District 10, 4.93%
District 50, 7.3%
District 32, 8.44%
District 19, 8.96%
District 40, 9.37%
District 51, 9.68%

Results by district

1st District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Brock Smith	28,125	68.85%
	Democratic	Calla Felicity	12,659	30.99%
	Write-in		65	0.16%
Total votes			40,849	100.00%

2nd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Leif	24,341	71.62%
	Democratic	Charles Lee	9,546	28.09%
	Write-in		101	0.30%
Total votes			33,988	100.00%

3rd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lily Morgan	24,609	66.75%
	Democratic	Jerry Morgan	12,081	32.77%
	Write-in		178	0.48%
Total votes			36,868	100.00%

4th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duane Stark	26,199	68.92%
	Democratic	Mary Middleton	11,757	30.93%
	Write-in		58	0.15%
Total votes			38,014	100.00%

5th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pam Marsh	27,069	66.36%
	Republican	Sandra Abercrombie	13,678	33.53%
	Write-in		47	0.12%
Total votes			40,794	100.00%

6th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim Wallan	18,673	54.57%
	Democratic	Alberto Enriquez	14,748	43.10%
	Libertarian	Alex Levi Usselman	779	2.28%
	Write-in		21	0.06%
Total votes			34,221	100.00%

7th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cedric Ross Hayden	25,076	67.76%
	Democratic	Jerry Samaniego	11,861	32.05%
	Write-in		69	0.19%
Total votes			37,006	100.00%

8th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Holvey	27,886	67.69%
	Republican	Timothy Aldal	11,993	29.11%
	Libertarian	Martha A Sherwood	1,239	3.01%
	Write-in		76	0.18%
Total votes			41,194	100.00%

9th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Boomer Wright	21,724	57.54%
	Democratic	Cal Mukumoto	15,988	42.35%
	Write-in		44	0.12%
Total votes			37,756	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

10th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Gomberg	20,294	52.31%
	Republican	Max Sherman	18,383	47.38%
	Write-in		119	0.31%
Total votes			38,796	100.00%

11th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marty Wilde	19,552	52.07%
	Republican	Katie Boshart Glaser	17,928	47.75%
	Write-in		69	0.18%
Total votes			37,549	100.00%

12th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Lively	18,227	56.61%
	Republican	Ruth Linoz	13,883	43.11%
	Write-in		90	0.28%
Total votes			32,200	100.00%

13th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Nathanson	27,723	70.60%
	Republican	David J Smith	11,488	29.26%
	Write-in		54	0.14%
Total votes			39,265	100.00%

14th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Fahey	21,669	59.11%
	Republican	Rich Cunningham	14,900	40.64%
	Write-in		92	0.25%
Total votes			36,661	100.00%

15th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelly Boshart Davis	23,481	59.72%
	Democratic	Miriam Cummins	15,747	40.05%
	Write-in		90	0.23%
Total votes			39,318	100.00%

16th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Rayfield	25,742	75.86%
	Republican	Jason Hughes	8,099	23.87%
	Write-in		91	0.27%
Total votes			33,932	100.00%

17th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jami Cate	26,398	69.22%
	Democratic	Paige Hook	10,988	28.81%
	Green	Timothy L Dehne	693	1.82%
	Write-in		60	0.16%
Total votes			38,139	100.00%

18th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Lewis	25,996	70.20%
	Democratic	Jamie Morrison	10,933	29.53%
	Write-in		100	0.27%
Total votes			37,029	100.00%

19th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Raquel Moore-Green	20,659	54.37%
	Democratic	Jacqueline Leung	17,253	45.41%
	Write-in		86	0.23%
Total votes			37,998	100.00%

20th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Evans	20,573	51.84%
	Republican	Selma Pierce	19,012	47.90%
	Write-in		102	0.26%
Total votes			39,687	100.00%

21st District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Clem	16,433	60.58%
	Republican	Jack Esp	10,610	39.11%
	Write-in		84	0.31%
Total votes			27,127	100.00%

22nd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Alonso Leon	12,168	56.74%
	Republican	Anna Kasachev	9,218	42.98%
	Write-in		59	0.28%
Total votes			21,445	100.00%

23rd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Nearman	23,884	58.33%
	Democratic	Sean Scorvo	14,292	34.90%
	Green	Alex Polikoff	1,770	4.32%
	Libertarian	Scott D Clawson	963	2.35%
	Write-in		37	0.09%
Total votes			40,946	100.00%

24th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Noble	21,427	57.64%
	Democratic	Lynette Shaw	15,675	42.17%
	Write-in		72	0.19%
Total votes			37,174	100.00%

25th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Post	20,421	56.58%
	Democratic	Ramiro Navarro Jr.	15,613	43.26%
	Write-in		57	0.16%
Total votes			36,091	100.00%

26th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Courtney Neron	23,815	54.05%
	Republican	Peggy Stevens	19,201	43.58%
	Libertarian	Tim E Nelson	1,002	2.27%
	Write-in		40	0.09%
Total votes			44,058	100.00%

27th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheri Schouten	25,539	69.31%
	Republican	Sandra Nelson	11,257	30.55%
	Write-in		53	0.14%
Total votes			36,849	100.00%

28th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wlnsvey Campos	21,563	65.15%
	Republican	Daniel Martin	11,462	34.63%
	Write-in		73	0.22%
Total votes			33,098	100.00%

29th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan McLain	17,200	57.78%
	Republican	Dale Fishback	12,507	42.01%
	Write-in		63	0.21%
Total votes			29,770	100.00%

30th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janeen Sollman	25,837	93.18%
	Write-in		1,892	6.82%
Total votes			27,729	100.00%

31st District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bradley Witt	21,536	50.53%
	Republican	Brian Stout	21,025	49.33%
	Write-in		59	0.14%
Total votes			42,620	100.00%

32nd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Suzanne Weber	21,941	54.12%
	Democratic	Debbie Booth-Schmidt	18,520	45.68%
	Write-in		81	0.20%
Total votes			40,542	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

33rd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Dexter	33,707	75.64%
	Republican	Dick Courter	10,796	24.23%
	Write-in		59	0.13%
Total votes			44,562	100.00%

34th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Helm	26,867	96.74%
	Write-in		904	3.26%
Total votes			27,771	100.00%

35th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dacia Grayber	27,771	67.13%
	Republican	Bob Niemeyer	12,893	32.69%
	Write-in		71	0.18%
Total votes			39,437	100.00%

36th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Reynolds	34,577	83.06%
	Republican	James A Ball	6,986	16.78%
	Write-in		66	0.16%
Total votes			41,629	100.00%

37th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rachel Prusak	23,757	57.15%
	Republican	Kelly Sloop	17,770	42.75%
	Write-in		44	0.11%
Total votes			41,571	100.00%

38th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Salinas	31,911	72.35%
	Republican	Patrick Castles	12,152	27.55%
	Write-in		43	0.10%
Total votes			44,106	100.00%

39th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christine Drazan	26,202	62.22%
	Democratic	Tessah Danel	14,985	35.58%
	Libertarian	Kenny Sernach	868	2.06%
	Write-in		57	0.14%
Total votes			42,112	100.00%

40th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Meek	21,168	54.60%
	Republican	Josh Howard	17,535	45.23%
	Write-in		63	0.16%
Total votes				100.00%

41st District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karin Power	30,725	73.74%
	Republican	Michael Newgard	10,878	26.11%
	Write-in		62	0.15%
Total votes			41,665	100.00%

42nd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rob Nosse	40,456	98.19%
	Write-in		744	1.81%
Total votes			41,200	100.00%

43rd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tawna Sanchez	39,274	98.80%
	Write-in		479	1.20%
Total votes			39,753	100.00%

44th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tina Kotek	32,465	87.19%
	Republican	Margo Logan	4,643	12.47%
	Write-in		127	0.34%
Total votes			37,235	100.00%

45th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Smith Warner	31,326	97.26%
	Write-in		883	2.74%
Total votes			32,209	100.00%

46th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Khanh Pham	30,155	97.63%
	Write-in		731	2.37%
Total votes			30,886	100.00%

47th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diego Hernandez	13,631	49.32%
	Republican	Ryan Gardner	8,677	31.40%
	Working Families	Ashton Simpson	5,264	19.05%
	Write-in		64	0.23%
Total votes			27,636	100.00%

48th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Reardon	21,328	75.68%
	Libertarian	Edward Marihart	6,291	22.32%
	Write-in		564	2.00%
Total votes			28,183	100.00%

49th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Hudson	16,091	57.26%
	Republican	Joe Demers	11,912	42.39%
	Write-in		97	0.35%
Total votes			28,100	100.00%

50th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ricki Ruiz	15,662	53.59%
	Republican	Amelia Salvador	13,526	46.29%
	Write-in		35	0.12%
Total votes			29,223	100.00%

51st District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janelle Bynum	18,939	52.83%
	Republican	Jane Hays	15,466	43.15%
	Libertarian	Donald B Crawford	1,393	3.89%
	Write-in		48	0.13%
Total votes			35,846	100.00%

52nd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Williams	19,209	48.73%
	Republican	Jeffrey Helfrich	19,125	48.52%
	Libertarian	Stephen D Aldor	1,060	2.69%
	Write-in		26	0.07%
Total votes			39,420	100.00%

53rd District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Zika	27,442	57.07%
	Democratic	Emerson Levy	20,569	42.78%
	Write-in		72	0.15%
Total votes			48,083	100.00%

54th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Kropf	27,999	60.04%
	Republican	Cheri Helt	18,153	38.93%
	Write-in		480	1.03%
Total votes			46,632	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

55th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vikki Breese-Iverson	31,572	73.54%
	Democratic	Barbara Fontaine	11,300	26.32%
	Write-in		62	0.14%
Total votes			42,934	100.00%

56th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. Werner Reschke	23,604	72.59%
	Democratic	Faith Leith	8,859	27.24%
	Write-in		55	0.17%
Total votes			32,518	100.00%

57th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Smith	19,487	76.56%
	Democratic	Roland Ruhe	5,917	23.25%
	Write-in		48	0.19%
Total votes			25,452	100.00%

58th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby Levy	24,846	72.79%
	Democratic	Nolan Bylenga	9,230	27.04%
	Write-in		57	0.17%
Total votes			34,133	100.00%

59th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Bonham	23,560	59.84%
	Democratic	Arlene Burns	15,759	40.03%
	Write-in		52	0.13%
Total votes			39,371	100.00%

60th District

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Owens	23,252	77.44%
	Democratic	Beth E Spell	6,724	22.39%
	Write-in		51	0.17%
Total votes			30,027	100.00%

References

^ "Oregon Secretary of State". results.oregonvotes.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

External links

Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Oregon", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Oregon: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of Oregon". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
Oregon at Ballotpedia

[1] "Oregon Secretary of State". results.oregonvotes.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

[cook-october-2] "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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