Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: N/A (all-mail elections)
- Voter ID: N/A
- Poll times: N/A
| 2018 Oregon House elections | |
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| General | November 6, 2018 |
| Primary | May 15, 2018 |
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Democrats maintained their supermajority in the November 6, 2018 elections for the Oregon House of Representatives, winning 38 seats to Republicans' 22. Going into the election, Democrats held a 35-25 majority.
The Democratic Party maintained a trifecta in Oregon after the 2018 elections by keeping control of the state Senate, state House, and governorship.
Oregon state representatives serve two-year terms, with all seats up for election every two years.
The Oregon House of Representatives was one of 87 state legislative chambers with elections in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
For more information about the Republican primary, click here.
Post-election analysis
- See also: State legislative elections, 2018
The Democratic Party maintained control of both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly in the 2018 election. In the state Senate, 17 out of 30 seats were up for election. Democrats increased their majority in the Oregon State Senate from 17-13 to 18-12. One Democratic incumbent was defeated in the primary and no incumbents were defeated in the general election.
The Oregon House of Representatives held elections for all 60 seats. The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives increased from 35-25 to 38-22. One Republican incumbent was defeated in the primary and three Republican incumbents were defeated in the general election.
National background
On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.
- Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.
Want more information?
- Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
- 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
- 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
- 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities
Candidates
General election candidates
Note: A list of candidates who cross-filed with multiple parties is included below the table.
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Jeffrey Helfrich (i) |
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Political party key:
Democratic
Republican
Constitution Party
Independent Party
Libertarian
Pacific Green Party of Oregon
Progressive Party
Working Families Party
Fusion voting candidates
- District 1: David Brock Smith (write-in)
- District 3: Carl Wilson (write-in)
- District 4: Duane Stark (write-in) (write-in)
- District 5: Pam Marsh (write-in)
- District 6: Michelle Blum Atkinson & Kim Wallan (write-in)
- District 7: Christy Inskip & Cedric Hayden (write-in)
- District 8: Paul Holvey (write-in)
- District 9: Teri Grier (write-in)
- District 10: David Gomberg (write-in)
- District 11: Marty Wilde & Mark Herbert (write-in)
- District 12: John Lively (write-in) (write-in)
- District 13: Nancy Nathanson (write-in) (write-in)
- District 14: Julie Fahey (write-in)
- District 15: Jerred Taylor & Cynthia Hyatt
- District 16: Dan Rayfield (write-in)
- District 17: Renee Windsor-White & Sherrie Sprenger (write-in)
- District 18: Rick Lewis (write-in)
- District 19: Mike Ellison & Denyc Boles (write-in)
- District 20: Paul Evans & Selma Pierce (write-in)
- District 21: Brian Clem (write-in)
- District 22: Teresa Alonso Leon & Marty Heyen (write-in)
- District 23: Danny Jaffer (write-in)
- District 24: Ron Noble (write-in) & Ken Moore (write-in)
- District 25: Bill Post (write-in)
- District 26: Richard Vial (write-in)
- District 27: Sheri Schouten & Brian Pierson (write-in)
- District 28: Jeff Barker (write-in) (write-in)
- District 29: Susan McLain & David Molina (write-in)
- District 30: Janeen Sollman (write-in)
- District 31: Brian Stout (write-in)
- District 32: Tiffiny Mitchell & Brian Halvorsen
- District 33: Mitch Greenlick (write-in) & Elizabeth Reye
- District 34: Ken Helm (write-in)
- District 35: Margaret Doherty & Bob Niemeyer (write-in)
- District 36: Jennifer Williamson
- District 37: Rachel Prusak & Julie Parrish (write-in)
- District 38: Andrea Salinas (write-in) (write-in)
- District 39: Elizabeth Graser-Lindsey (write-in) & Christine Drazan
- District 40: Mark Meek
- District 41: Karin Power (write-in) (write-in)
- District 42: Rob Nosse (write-in)
- District 43: Tawna Sanchez (write-in) (write-in)
- District 44: Tina Kotek
- District 45: Barbara Smith Warner (write-in) (write-in)
- District 46: Alissa Keny-Guyer (write-in)
- District 47: Diego Hernandez (write-in)
- District 49: Chris Gorsek & Justin Hwang (write-in)
- District 50: Carla Piluso (write-in)
- District 51: Janelle Bynum & Lori Chavez-DeRemer (write-in)
- District 52: Anna Williams & Jeffrey Helfrich (write-in)
- District 53: Jack Zika (write-in)
- District 54: Cheri Helt (write-in) & Amanda La Bell
- District 55: Karen Rippberger & Mike McLane (write-in)
- District 56: E. Werner Reschke (write-in)
- District 57: Greg Smith (write-in) (write-in)
- District 58: Greg Barreto (write-in)
- District 59: Darcy Long & Daniel Bonham (write-in)
- District 60: Lynn Findley (write-in) (write-in)
Primary candidates
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Margins of victory
A margin of victory (MOV) analysis for the 2018 Oregon House of Representatives races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.
The table below presents the following figures for each party:
- Elections won
- Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
- Elections won without opposition
- Average margin of victory[1]
| Oregon House of Representatives: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis | ||||
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| Party | Elections won | Elections won by less than 10% | Unopposed elections | Average margin of victory[1] |
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The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).
Seats flipped
The below map displays each seat in the Oregon House of Representatives which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.
| State legislative seats flipped in 2018, Oregon House of Representatives | |||
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| District | Incumbent | 2018 winner | Direction of flip |
| Oregon House of Representatives District 26 | Richard Vial |
Courtney Neron |
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| Oregon House of Representatives District 37 | Julie Parrish |
Rachel Prusak |
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| Oregon House of Representatives District 52 | Jeffrey Helfrich |
Anna Williams |
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Incumbents retiring
Seven incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[2] Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Sal Esquivel | Republican |
House District 6 |
| Phil Barnhart | Democratic |
House District 11 |
| Andy Olson | Republican |
House District 15 |
| Deborah Boone | Democratic |
House District 32 |
| Bill Kennemer | Republican |
House District 39 |
| Gene Whisnant | Republican |
House District 53 |
| Knute Buehler | Republican |
House District 54 |
Process to become a candidate
For major party candidates
See statutes: Chapter 249, Sections 020, 068 and 056 of the Oregon Revised Statutes
A major party candidate can gain access to the ballot via one of two methods: by paying a filing fee or by filing a nominating petition.
Filing fee
A candidate of a major party can have his or her name printed on the ballot by filing a declaration of candidacy with the Oregon Secretary of State and paying the requisite filing fees. Filing fees are as follows:[3][4][5]
| Filing fees for major party candidates in Oregon | |
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| Office sought | Fee |
| United States Senator | $150 |
| Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, labor and industries commissioner, United States Representative | $100 |
| State senator and state representative | $25 |
Nominating petition
A candidate of a major party can have his or her name printed on the ballot by filing a nominating petition with the Oregon Secretary of State. Signature requirements are as follows:[6]
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| United States Representative | The lesser of 1,000 signatures or 2 percent of the number of votes cast in the district for president by members of the candidate's party* | ||||||
| Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, United States Senator | The lesser of 1,000 signatures or 2 percent of the number of votes cast for president by members of the candidate's party** | ||||||
| State senator and state representative | The lesser of 500 signatures or 2 percent of the number of votes cast in the district for president by members of the candidate's party*** | ||||||
| *"Signatures must be obtained from 5 percent of the precincts in one-fourth of the counties in the congressional district." **"Signatures must be obtained from at least seven counties and be comprised of electors from 5 percent of the precincts in each of those counties." ***"If the district is within one county, signatures must be obtained from 10 percent of the precincts. If the district is in more than one county, signatures must be obtained from at least two counties and be comprised of electors from 6 percent of the precincts in each of those counties." | |||||||
For minor party candidates
Recognized minor parties (as defined in this article) are not permitted to participate in primary elections and instead must select candidates by nominating convention.
For unaffiliated candidates
An unaffiliated candidate can gain access to the ballot via one of two methods: nomination by individual electors or nomination by an assembly of electors.
Nomination by individual electors
See statutes: Chapter 249, Section 740 of the Oregon Revised Statutes
An unaffiliated candidate must submit the appropriate filing form with the Oregon Secretary of State and obtain approval to circulate the nominating petition prior to collecting signatures. Once approval has been obtained, circulators must gather signatures equal to at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for presidential electors in the most recent general election within the electoral district for which the nomination is being sought.[7]
The Oregon Secretary of State does not calculate in advance the number of signatures required for each office. Instead, the number of required signatures is determined when candidates obtain approval to circulate nominating petitions.[8][9]
Nomination by assembly of electors
See statutes: Chapter 249, Section 735 of the Oregon Revised Statutes
An unaffiliated candidate must submit a candidate filing form signed only by the candidate. Upon receipt of the form, the Oregon Secretary of State will review the document and provide approval to organize an assembly of electors. The candidate must coordinate with the secretary of state to determine the time of the assembly. Once scheduled, notice of the assembly must be published at least once in at least three newspapers of general circulation in the electoral district in which the assembly seeks to nominate candidates. The notice must include the time and place of the assembly, offices for which nominations will be made, and the names and addresses of at least 25 active registered voters who want the assembly held and who are eligible to participate.[10]
Final approval to convene the assembly is granted once the candidate files a copy of the published notice with the secretary of state. An affidavit verifying that notice of the assembly was published in accordance with statutory requirements must be included with the copy of the notice. This affidavit must be signed by the newspaper's owner, editor, publisher, manager, advertising manager, principal clerk of one of the aforementioned, or the printer. The secretary of state will provide a written approval to convene the assembly. This formal approval document will include a petition number, the number of signatures required, the filing deadline, and a signature sheet template.[11][12]
The assembly itself must meet the following requirements:[11]
- The assembly must be held in one day in one location and must be completed within 12 hours.
- Assembly participants must be active registered voters within the electoral district from which the assembly is nominating candidates.
- Candidates may only be nominated for offices published in the notice.
- The candidate winning the highest number of voters will be the nominee of the assembly for that office.
- Only assembly-goers may sign the approved signature sheets.
- All signers on a signature sheet must be registered voters in the same county.
- Once the required number of registered voters are present, they must remain in assembly until candidates have been nominated, signature sheets signed, and the convention adjourned.
Signature requirements for nomination by an assembly of electors are described in the table below.[11]
| Signature requirements for nomination by an assembly of electors in Oregon | |
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| United States Representative | 500 signatures obtained at the assembly |
| Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, United States Senator | 1,000 signatures obtained at the assembly |
| State senator and state representative | 250 signatures obtained at the assembly |
Once the nomination process has been completed, the assembly is adjourned. The secretary of state collects all completed signature sheets and stamps each sheet under the last signature line signed to ensure that no additional signatures are added. Signature sheets will be then be returned to the presiding officer at the assembly, who in turn must submit the signature sheets to the appropriate county-level election official for verification. The county-level election official, upon completing the verification process, will return the forms to the presiding officer of the assembly. The candidate or presiding officer of the assembly must then submit to the Oregon Secretary of State a candidate filing form with the certificate of nomination completed by the presiding officer and secretary of the assembly and notarized, the verified signature sheets, and the proof of published notice affidavit. The Oregon Secretary of State will then determine whether the filing packet and petition are valid.[11]
For write-in candidates
Write-in candidates are not required to submit candidate filing forms in advance. In the event that a write-in candidate is nominated or elected, the election official will notify the candidate by sending a write-in candidate filing form. To accept the nomination or office, the candidate must complete, sign, and return the form to the election official.
Qualifications
Article 4, Section 8 of the Oregon Constitution states:
- No person shall be a Senator or Representative who at the time of election is not a citizen of the United States; nor anyone who has not been for one year next preceding the election an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representative may be chosen. However, for purposes of the general election next following the operative date of an apportionment under section 6 of this Article, the person must have been an inhabitant of the district from January 1 of the year following the reapportionment to the date of the election.
- Senators and Representatives shall be at least twenty one years of age.
- No person shall be a Senator or Representative who has been convicted of a felony during:
- The term of office of the person as a Senator or Representative; or
- The period beginning on the date of the election at which the person was elected to the office of Senator or Representative and ending on the first day of the term of office to which the person was elected.
- No person is eligible to be elected as a Senator or Representative if that person has been convicted of a felony and has not completed the sentence received for the conviction prior to the date that person would take office if elected. As used in this subsection, “sentence received for the conviction” includes a term of imprisonment, any period of probation or post-prison supervision and payment of a monetary obligation imposed as all or part of a sentence.
- Notwithstanding sections 11 and 15, Article IV of this Constitution:
- The office of a Senator or Representative convicted of a felony during the term to which the Senator or Representative was elected or appointed shall become vacant on the date the Senator or Representative is convicted.
- A person elected to the office of Senator or Representative and convicted of a felony during the period beginning on the date of the election and ending on the first day of the term of office to which the person was elected shall be ineligible to take office and the office shall become vacant on the first day of the next term of office.
- Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a person who is ineligible to be a Senator or Representative under subsection (3) of this section may:
- Be a Senator or Representative after the expiration of the term of office during which the person is ineligible; and
- Be a candidate for the office of Senator or Representative prior to the expiration of the term of office during which the person is ineligible.
- No person shall be a Senator or Representative who at all times during the term of office of the person as a Senator or Representative is not an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representative may be chosen or has been appointed to represent. A person shall not lose status as an inhabitant of a district if the person is absent from the district for purposes of business of the Legislative Assembly. Following the operative date of an apportionment under section 6 of this Article, until the expiration of the term of office of the person, a person may be an inhabitant of any district.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[13] | |
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| $35,052/year | $157/day |
When sworn in
Oregon legislators assume office the second Monday in January following the election.[14]
Oregon political history
Party control
2018
In the 2018 elections, Democrats increased their majority in the Oregon House of Representatives from 35-25 to 38-22.
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| Democratic Party | 35 | 38 | |
| Republican Party | 25 | 22 | |
| Total | 60 | 60 | |
2016
In the 2016 elections, no changes occurred to the partisan balance of the Oregon House of Representatives.
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| Party | As of November 7, 2016 | After November 8, 2016 | |
| Democratic Party | 35 | 35 | |
| Republican Party | 25 | 25 | |
| Total | 60 | 60 | |
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Democrats in Oregon gained a state government trifecta as a result of the 2012 elections by regaining control of the state House. The state House was split 30-30 after the 2010 elections. Democrats also held a trifecta from 2006 until 2010.
Oregon Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to state legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 494 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
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| Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[15] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365 | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907 | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[16] | -782 | 7,561 | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179 | |
| 1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627 | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306 | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[17] | -695 | 7,481 | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835 | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361 | |
| 1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513 | |
Competitiveness
Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.
Results from 2016
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Historical context
Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.
Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.
Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.
Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 36 Oregon counties—5.6 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Columbia County, Oregon | 11.46% | 5.16% | 12.02% | ||||
| Tillamook County, Oregon | 5.58% | 4.86% | 9.89% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Oregon with 50.1 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 39.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Oregon cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 73.3 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Oregon supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 56.7 to 43.3 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every election between between 2000 and 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Oregon. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[18][19]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 26.9 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 36 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 31.6 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 21 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 20.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 24 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 24 points. Trump won three districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 37.15% | 59.91% | R+22.8 | 30.45% | 63.42% | R+33 | R |
| 2 | 35.86% | 61.05% | R+25.2 | 27.65% | 65.58% | R+37.9 | R |
| 3 | 38.59% | 58.64% | R+20.1 | 32.16% | 60.97% | R+28.8 | R |
| 4 | 34.06% | 63.51% | R+29.4 | 27.52% | 66.33% | R+38.8 | R |
| 5 | 60.76% | 35.69% | D+25.1 | 58.86% | 33.66% | D+25.2 | D |
| 6 | 43.64% | 53.69% | R+10 | 40.10% | 52.36% | R+12.3 | R |
| 7 | 40.94% | 55.86% | R+14.9 | 32.79% | 59.77% | R+27 | R |
| 8 | 68.36% | 28.03% | D+40.3 | 65.84% | 26.50% | D+39.3 | D |
| 9 | 49.44% | 47.54% | D+1.9 | 40.23% | 52.56% | R+12.3 | D |
| 10 | 55.67% | 41.16% | D+14.5 | 47.25% | 45.02% | D+2.2 | D |
| 11 | 55.39% | 41.57% | D+13.8 | 50.86% | 41.87% | D+9 | D |
| 12 | 56.62% | 40.21% | D+16.4 | 49.34% | 41.70% | D+7.6 | D |
| 13 | 63.69% | 32.89% | D+30.8 | 62.35% | 29.39% | D+33 | D |
| 14 | 57.20% | 40.05% | D+17.1 | 51.09% | 40.77% | D+10.3 | D |
| 15 | 44.80% | 52.00% | R+7.2 | 39.46% | 51.33% | R+11.9 | R |
| 16 | 68.67% | 27.22% | D+41.4 | 69.48% | 20.98% | D+48.5 | D |
| 17 | 36.23% | 60.65% | R+24.4 | 27.71% | 64.47% | R+36.8 | R |
| 18 | 38.39% | 59.05% | R+20.7 | 33.45% | 58.97% | R+25.5 | R |
| 19 | 44.87% | 52.96% | R+8.1 | 42.46% | 50.19% | R+7.7 | R |
| 20 | 50.99% | 46.50% | D+4.5 | 49.71% | 42.02% | D+7.7 | D |
| 21 | 57.81% | 39.39% | D+18.4 | 53.19% | 38.56% | D+14.6 | D |
| 22 | 54.27% | 42.99% | D+11.3 | 52.07% | 40.38% | D+11.7 | D |
| 23 | 43.15% | 54.01% | R+10.9 | 36.74% | 55.52% | R+18.8 | R |
| 24 | 47.77% | 49.67% | R+1.9 | 44.83% | 46.73% | R+1.9 | R |
| 25 | 43.43% | 54.28% | R+10.8 | 40.87% | 50.61% | R+9.7 | R |
| 26 | 49.24% | 48.65% | D+0.6 | 51.80% | 40.43% | D+11.4 | R |
| 27 | 62.96% | 34.72% | D+28.2 | 66.84% | 25.48% | D+41.4 | D |
| 28 | 59.90% | 37.33% | D+22.6 | 59.87% | 31.58% | D+28.3 | D |
| 29 | 54.53% | 42.09% | D+12.4 | 52.00% | 38.65% | D+13.4 | D |
| 30 | 56.91% | 40.02% | D+16.9 | 57.59% | 33.00% | D+24.6 | D |
| 31 | 52.12% | 44.60% | D+7.5 | 44.06% | 47.64% | R+3.6 | D |
| 32 | 52.75% | 44.09% | D+8.7 | 45.64% | 46.09% | R+0.5 | D |
| 33 | 65.90% | 31.83% | D+34.1 | 72.64% | 20.98% | D+51.7 | D |
| 34 | 63.85% | 33.25% | D+30.6 | 67.22% | 24.53% | D+42.7 | D |
| 35 | 60.70% | 36.93% | D+23.8 | 63.83% | 28.39% | D+35.4 | D |
| 36 | 79.34% | 17.38% | D+62 | 82.77% | 11.05% | D+71.7 | D |
| 37 | 52.79% | 45.42% | D+7.4 | 57.22% | 35.31% | D+21.9 | R |
| 38 | 65.77% | 32.10% | D+33.7 | 71.88% | 22.01% | D+49.9 | D |
| 39 | 42.78% | 55.07% | R+12.3 | 38.83% | 54.39% | R+15.6 | R |
| 40 | 53.15% | 44.33% | D+8.8 | 49.14% | 42.74% | D+6.4 | D |
| 41 | 70.80% | 26.25% | D+44.5 | 70.28% | 22.34% | D+47.9 | D |
| 42 | 87.06% | 7.84% | D+79.2 | 87.10% | 6.08% | D+81 | D |
| 43 | 89.37% | 6.92% | D+82.5 | 89.00% | 5.40% | D+83.6 | D |
| 44 | 82.65% | 13.55% | D+69.1 | 81.66% | 11.41% | D+70.2 | D |
| 45 | 79.69% | 17.31% | D+62.4 | 80.42% | 13.55% | D+66.9 | D |
| 46 | 79.45% | 16.72% | D+62.7 | 80.06% | 13.10% | D+67 | D |
| 47 | 66.01% | 31.23% | D+34.8 | 63.57% | 29.15% | D+34.4 | D |
| 48 | 61.00% | 36.01% | D+25 | 59.27% | 32.83% | D+26.4 | D |
| 49 | 57.08% | 40.26% | D+16.8 | 51.57% | 40.49% | D+11.1 | D |
| 50 | 54.82% | 42.75% | D+12.1 | 51.27% | 41.12% | D+10.2 | D |
| 51 | 53.04% | 44.74% | D+8.3 | 50.91% | 41.90% | D+9 | D |
| 52 | 51.53% | 45.97% | D+5.6 | 46.57% | 45.78% | D+0.8 | R |
| 53 | 40.98% | 56.77% | R+15.8 | 39.36% | 53.26% | R+13.9 | R |
| 54 | 54.38% | 42.95% | D+11.4 | 55.64% | 35.94% | D+19.7 | R |
| 55 | 32.25% | 65.13% | R+32.9 | 24.43% | 69.92% | R+45.5 | R |
| 56 | 28.24% | 69.10% | R+40.9 | 23.76% | 69.30% | R+45.5 | R |
| 57 | 32.89% | 64.08% | R+31.2 | 27.24% | 65.33% | R+38.1 | R |
| 58 | 33.98% | 63.22% | R+29.2 | 27.37% | 65.78% | R+38.4 | R |
| 59 | 42.10% | 55.62% | R+13.5 | 36.82% | 56.07% | R+19.3 | R |
| 60 | 26.45% | 70.57% | R+44.1 | 20.38% | 73.39% | R+53 | R |
| Total | 54.64% | 42.46% | D+12.2 | 51.96% | 40.57% | D+11.4 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
- Oregon House of Representatives
- Oregon State Legislature
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Oregon state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018
- Oregon state legislative Republican primaries, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Excludes unopposed elections
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 020," accessed January 10, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 035," accessed January 10, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 056," accessed January 10, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 068," accessed January 10, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 740," accessed January 10, 2014
- ↑ Jerrick Adams, "Email communication with the Oregon Secretary of State," January 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Statistical Summary - November 6, 2012, General Election," accessed January 28, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 257, Section 013," accessed January 27, 2014
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 735," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 737," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Oregon Constitution, "Article IV, Section 4," accessed February 17, 2021
- ↑ The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
