2018 Oregon legislative election

The 2018 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic parties held primary elections on May 15, 2018, with general elections on November 6, 2018.

2018 Oregon legislative elections

← 2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →
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17 seats in the Oregon State Senate 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 52 (17 in Senate, 35 in House) 38 (13 in Senate, 25 in House) Seats after 56 (18 in Senate, 38 in House) 34 (12 in Senate, 22 in House) Seat change 4 1 in Senate 3 in House 4 1 in Senate 3 in House

As a result of the elections, the Democratic Party expanded its advantage in both houses of the state legislature. The party gained one seat in the Oregon State Senate and three seats in the Oregon House of Representatives, bringing its advantage over the Republican Party to 18–12 and 38–22, respectively. These gains gave the Democratic Party a 3/5 (or 60%) supermajority in both chambers for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Oregon Senate

2018 Oregon State Senate elections

← 2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →
17 seats of the Oregon State Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 17 13 Seats after 18 12 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 564,247 367,063 Percentage 59.23% 38.53% Swing 8.28% 5.74%
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election

The 30 members of the Oregon State Senate are elected to four-year terms, and only half of those seats (15) are up for election every two years. In addition to these 15 regular elections, there were two special elections to determine who would complete the four-year terms of Senators that were replaced during the first half of their term. These 17 seats up for election were represented by 10 Democrats and 7 Republicans. The Democrats decreased their advantage over Republicans from 18–12 to 17–13 in the 2016 election.

Open seat

• In District 3, incumbent Republican Alan DeBoer retired.^[2]

Results

Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	Vote %	Seats Won	Seats After
	Democratic	17	564,247	59.23%	11	18 (1)
	Republican	13	367,063	38.53%	6	12 (1)
	Constitution Party	1	10,637	1.12%	0	0
	Libertarian	3	4,126	0.43%	0	0
	Others	N/A	6,596	0.69%	0	0
Total		34	952,669	100%	17	30

District[3]	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1 (Special)[a]		Republican	Dallas Heard of Roseburg	Re-elected		Republican	Dallas Heard	37,901	64.23%
						Democratic	Shannon Souza	21,012	35.61%
							others	97	0.16%
3		Republican	Alan DeBoer of Ashland	Retired, Democratic gain		Democratic	Jeff Golden	35,834	55.15%
						Republican	Jessica Gomez	29,065	44.73%
							others	75	0.12%
4		Democratic	Floyd Prozanski of Eugene	Re-elected		Democratic	Floyd Prozanski	38,623	59.15%
						Republican	Scott Rohter	25,031	38.33%
						Libertarian	Frank Lengele, Jr.	1,530	2.34%
							others	117	0.18%
6		Democratic	Lee Beyer of Springfield	Re-elected		Democratic	Lee Beyer	32,925	59.09%
						Republican	Robert Schwartz	22,671	40.69%
							others	121	0.22%
7		Democratic	James Manning Jr. of Eugene	Re-elected		Democratic	James Manning Jr.	38,262	94.69%
							others	2,146	5.31%
8		Democratic	Sara Gelser of Corvallis	Re-elected		Democratic	Sara Gelser	38,119	62.99%
						Republican	Erik Parks	20,959	34.63%
						Libertarian	Bryan Eggiman	1,351	2.23%
							others	90	0.15%
10		Republican	Jackie Winters of Salem	Re-elected		Republican	Jackie Winters	33,145	53.90%
						Democratic	Deb Patterson	28,210	45.88%
							others	135	0.22%
11		Democratic	Peter Courtney of Salem	Re-elected		Democratic	Peter Courtney	22,772	60.48%
						Republican	Greg Warnock	14,760	39.20%
							others	119	0.32%
13		Republican	Kim Thatcher of Keizer	Re-elected		Republican	Kim Thatcher	34,888	55.92%
						Democratic	Sarah Grider	27,415	43.94%
							others	89	0.14%
15		Democratic	Chuck Riley of Hillsboro	Re-elected		Democratic	Chuck Riley	30,770	59.26%
						Republican	Alexander Flores	21,037	40.52%
							others	114	0.22%
16		Democratic	Betsy Johnson of Scappoose	Re-elected		Democratic	Betsy Johnson	50,398	82.03%
						Constitution	Ray Biggs	10,637	17.31%
							others	400	0.65%
17		Democratic	Elizabeth Steiner Hayward of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Elizabeth Steiner Hayward	46,784	97.72%
							others	1,094	2.28%
19		Democratic	Rob Wagner of Lake Oswego	Re-elected		Democratic	Rob Wagner	47,521	65.50%
						Republican	David Poulson	24,913	34.34%
							others	116	0.16%
20		Republican	Alan Olsen of Canby	Re-elected		Republican	Alan Olsen	33,685	51.85%
						Democratic	Charles Gallia	29,927	46.06%
						Libertarian	Kenny Sernach	1,245	1.92%
							others	111	0.17%
24		Democratic	Rod Monroe of Portland	Lost primary election, Democratic hold		Democratic	Shemia Fagan	30,887	95.06%
							others	1,606	4.94%
26		Republican	Chuck Thomsen of Hood River	Re-elected		Republican	Chuck Thomsen	29,472	50.11%
						Democratic	Chrissy Reitz	29,263	49.76%
							others	79	0.13%
30 (Special)[b]		Republican	Cliff Bentz of Ontario	Re-elected		Republican	Cliff Bentz	39,536	71.69%
						Democratic	Solea Kabakov	15,525	28.15%
							others	87	0.16%

1. This election decided who would complete the final two years of the four year term (2017-2020) to which Jeff Kruse was elected. Kruse resigned on March 15, 2018 due to a sex scandal.^[4] His successor, Dallas Heard, was appointed on April 9, 2018.^[5]
2. This election decided who would complete the final two years of the four year term (2017-2020) to which Ted Ferrioli was elected. Ferrioli resigned on November 22, 2017 to accept an appointment to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.^[6] His successor, Cliff Bentz, was appointed on January 4, 2018.^[7]

Oregon House of Representatives

2018 Oregon House of Representatives elections

← 2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →
60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives 31 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 35 25 Seats after 38 22 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 960,817 666,608 Percentage 56.94% 39.51% Swing 6.71% 3.54%
Results      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold

The 60 members of the Oregon House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, so all 60 seats were up for election. In this election, these seats were represented by 35 Democrats and 25 Republicans. The Democrats maintained their 35–25 advantage in the 2016 election.

Open seats

• In District 6, incumbent Republican Sal Esquivel retired.^[8]
• In District 11, incumbent Democrat Phil Barnhart retired.^[9]
• In District 15, incumbent Republican Andy Olson retired.^[10]
• In District 32, incumbent Democrat Deborah Boone retired.^[11]
• In District 39, incumbent Republican Bill Kennemer retired.^[12]
• In District 53, incumbent Republican Gene Whisnant retired.^[13]
• In District 54, incumbent Republican Knute Buehler retired to run for Oregon Governor.^[14]

Results

Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	Vote %	Seats Won
	Democratic	56	960,817	56.94%	38 (3)
	Republican	44	666,608	39.51%	22 (3)
	Libertarian	12	23,991	1.42%	0
	Independent	4	18,607	1.10%	0
	Working Families	1	5,560	0.33%	0
	Others	N/A	11,785	0.70%	0
Total		117	1,687,368	100%	60

District[3]	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Republican	David Brock Smith of Port Orford	Re-elected		Republican	David Brock Smith	22,077	68.46%
						Democratic	Eldon Rollins	10,071	31.23%
							others	100	0.31%
2		Republican	Gary Leif of Roseburg	Re-elected		Republican	Gary Leif	17,104	66.11%
						Democratic	Megan Salter	8,700	33.63%
							others	69	0.27%
3		Republican	Carl Wilson of Grants Pass	Re-elected		Republican	Carl Wilson	17,104	69.15%
						Democratic	Jerry Morgan	9,100	30.59%
							others	76	0.26%
4		Republican	Duane Stark of Grants Pass	Re-elected		Republican	Duane Stark	17,440	98.21%
							others	318	1.79%
5		Democratic	Pam Marsh of Ashland	Re-elected		Democratic	Pam Marsh	24,643	67.98%
						Republican	Sandra Abercrombie	11,580	31.94%
							others	28	0.08%
6		Republican	Sal Esquivel of Medford	Retired, Republican hold		Republican	Kim Wallan	14,681	53.89%
						Democratic	Michelle Blum Atkinson	12,530	45.99%
							others	32	0.12%
7		Republican	Cedric Ross Hayden of Fall Creek	Re-elected		Republican	Cedric Ross Hayden	17,886	60.83%
						Democratic	Christy Inskip	11,434	38.89%
							others	83	0.28%
8		Democratic	Paul Holvey of Eugene	Re-elected		Democratic	Paul Holvey	25,835	79.85%
						Libertarian	Martha Sherwood	6,310	19.50%
							others	210	0.65%
9		Democratic	Caddy McKeown of Coos Bay	Re-elected		Democratic	Caddy McKeown	16,181	54.10%
						Republican	Teri Grier	13,610	45.50%
							others	118	0.39%
10		Democratic	David Gomberg of Otis	Re-elected		Democratic	David Gomberg	17,713	57.16%
						Republican	Thomas Donohue	13,232	42.70%
							others	44	0.14%
11		Democratic	Phil Barnhart of Eugene	Retired, Democratic hold		Democratic	Marty Wilde	18,132	56.92%
						Republican	Mark Herbert	13,690	42.97%
							others	34	0.11%
12		Democratic	John Lively of Springfield	Re-elected		Democratic	John Lively	16,388	95.23%
							others	820	4.77%
13		Democratic	Nancy Nathanson of Eugene	Re-elected		Democratic	Nancy Nathanson	21,387	96.72%
							others	725	3.28%
14		Democratic	Julie Fahey of Eugene	Re-elected		Democratic	Julie Fahey	17,264	61.01%
						Republican	Rich Cunningham	10,969	38.76%
							others	64	0.23%
15		Republican	Andy Olson of Albany	Retired, Republican hold		Republican	Shelly Boshart Davis	17,480	56.30%
						Democratic	Jerred Taylor	11,991	38.62%
						Independent Party	Cynthia Hyatt	1,539	4.96%
							others	40	0.13%
16		Democratic	Dan Rayfield of Corvallis	Re-elected		Democratic	Dan Rayfield	23,158	97.44%
							others	609	2.56%
17		Republican	Sherrie Sprenger of Scio	Re-elected		Republican	Sherrie Sprenger	20,880	71.18%
						Democratic	Renee Windsor-White	8,384	28.58%
							others	69	0.24%
18		Republican	Rick Lewis of Silverton	Re-elected		Republican	Rick Lewis	18,950	65.94%
						Democratic	Barry Shapiro	9,731	33.86%
							others	57	0.20%
19		Republican	Denyc Boles of Salem	Re-elected		Republican	Denyc Boles	15,778	53.25%
						Democratic	Mike Ellison	13,795	46.56%
							others	55	0.19%
20		Democratic	Paul Evans of Monmouth	Re-elected		Democratic	Paul Evans	16,907	53.43%
						Republican	Selma Pierce	14,652	46.30%
							others	84	0.27%
21		Democratic	Brian L. Clem of Salem	Re-elected		Democratic	Brian L. Clem	13,440	63.50%
						Republican	Jack Esp	7,632	36.06%
							others	92	0.43%
22		Democratic	Teresa Alonso Leon of Woodburn	Re-elected		Democratic	Teresa Alonso Leon	9,630	59.63%
						Republican	Marty Heyen	6,486	40.16%
							others	33	0.20%
23		Republican	Mike Nearman of Independence	Re-elected		Republican	Mike Nearman	17,971	54.35%
						Democratic	Danny Jaffer	14,317	43.30%
						Libertarian	Mark Karnowski	738	2.23%
							others	37	0.11%
24		Republican	Ron Noble of McMinnville	Re-elected		Republican	Ron Noble	16,762	55.57%
						Democratic	Ken Moore	13,370	44.32%
							others	32	0.11%
25		Republican	Bill Post of Keizer	Re-elected		Republican	Bill Post	16,736	58.32%
						Democratic	Dave McCall	11,926	41.56%
							others	36	0.13%
26		Republican	Rich Vial of Scholls	Lost re-election, Democratic gain		Democratic	Courtney Neron	17,211	50.82%
						Republican	Rich Vial	15,928	47.03%
						Libertarian	Tim Nelson	683	2.02%
							others	46	0.14%
27		Democratic	Sheri Malstrom of Beaverton	Re-elected		Democratic	Sheri Malstrom	20,286	66.28%
						Independent Party	Brian Pierson	9,361	30.58%
						Libertarian	Katy Brumbelow	924	3.02%
							others	36	0.12%
28		Democratic	Jeff Barker of Aloha	Re-elected		Democratic	Jeff Barker	20,789	84.23%
						Libertarian	Lars Hedbor	3,680	14.91%
							others	213	0.86%
29		Democratic	Susan McLain of Forest Grove	Re-elected		Democratic	Susan McLain	13,652	58.62%
						Republican	David Molina	9,166	39.36%
						Libertarian	William Namestnik	442	1.90%
							others	28	0.12%
30		Democratic	Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro	Re-elected		Democratic	Janeen Sollman	17,459	61.67%
						Republican	Dorothy Merritt	8,630	30.48%
						Libertarian	Kyle Markley	2,188	7.73%
							others	34	0.12%
31		Democratic	Brad Witt of Clatskanie	Re-elected		Democratic	Brad Witt	17,491	53.93%
						Republican	Brian Stout	14,870	45.85%
							others	73	0.23%
32		Democratic	Deborah Boone of Cannon Beach	Retired, Democratic hold		Democratic	Tiffiny Mitchell	15,442	49.03%
						Republican	Vineeta Lower	13,618	43.24%
						Independent Party	Brian Halvorsen	1,325	4.21%
						Libertarian	Randell Carson	1,061	3.37%
							others	47	0.15%
33		Democratic	Mitch Greenlick of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Mitch Greenlick	26,901	75.86%
						Republican	Elizabeth Reye	8,500	23.97%
							others	61	0.17%
34		Democratic	Ken Helm of Beaverton	Re-elected		Democratic	Ken Helm	19,470	69.24%
						Republican	Michael Ngo	7,041	25.04%
						Libertarian	Joshua Ryan Johnston	1,558	5.54%
							others	49	0.17%
35		Democratic	Margaret Doherty of Tigard	Re-elected		Democratic	Margaret Doherty	22,136	67.29%
						Republican	Bob Niemeyer	10,704	32.54%
							others	55	0.17%
36		Democratic	Jennifer Williamson of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Jennifer Williamson	28,081	98.05%
							others	559	1.95%
37		Republican	Julie Parrish of West Linn	Lost re-election, Democratic gain		Democratic	Rachel Prusak	18,357	52.69%
						Republican	Julie Parrish	16,434	47.17%
							others	51	0.15%
38		Democratic	Andrea Salinas of Lake Oswego	Re-elected		Democratic	Andrea Salinas	25,974	97.63%
							others	631	2.37%
39		Republican	Bill Kennemer of Oregon City	Retired, Republican hold		Republican	Christine Drazan	19,732	59.07%
						Democratic	Elizabeth Graser-Lindsey	13,611	40.74%
							others	63	0.19%
40		Democratic	Mark Meek of Gladstone	Re-elected		Democratic	Mark Meek	17,428	55.62%
						Republican	Josh Hill	13,833	44.15%
							others	72	0.23%
41		Democratic	Karin Power of Milwaukie	Re-elected		Democratic	Karin Power	23,638	97.14%
							others	696	2.86%
42		Democratic	Rob Nosse of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Rob Nosse	37,222	93.68%
						Libertarian	Bruce Alexander Knight	2,400	6.04%
							others	110	0.28%
43		Democratic	Tawna Sanchez of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Tawna Sanchez	31,885	98.68%
							others	425	1.32%
44		Democratic	Tina Kotek of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Tina Kotek	27,194	89.07%
						Libertarian	Manny Guerra	3,181	10.42%
							others	155	0.51%
45		Democratic	Barbara Smith Warner of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Barbara Smith Warner	25,695	97.73%
							others	598	2.27%
46		Democratic	Alissa Keny-Guyer of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Alissa Keny-Guyer	24,573	97.69%
							others	581	2.31%
47		Democratic	Diego Hernandez of Portland	Re-elected		Democratic	Diego Hernandez	14,741	95.98%
							others	618	4.02%
48		Democratic	Jeff Reardon of Happy Valley	Re-elected		Democratic	Jeff Reardon	16,250	69.36%
						Republican	Sonny Yellott	7,079	30.22%
							others	98	0.42%
49		Democratic	Chris Gorsek of Troutdale	Re-elected		Democratic	Chris Gorsek	11,045	51.25%
						Republican	Justin Hwang	9,658	44.82%
						Libertarian	Heather Ricks	826	3.83%
							others	21	0.10%
50		Democratic	Carla Piluso of Gresham	Re-elected		Democratic	Carla Piluso	14,595	93.83%
							others	960	6.17%
51		Democratic	Janelle Bynum of Happy Valley	Re-elected		Democratic	Janelle Bynum	14,843	53.92%
						Republican	Lori Chavez-DeRemer	12,620	45.85%
							others	63	0.23%
52		Republican	Jeff Helfrich of Hood River	Lost re-election, Democratic gain		Democratic	Anna Williams	16,135	51.36%
						Republican	Jeff Helfrich	15,238	48.51%
							others	41	0.13%
53		Republican	Gene Whisnant of Sunriver	Retired, Republican hold		Republican	Jack Zika	21,063	56.44%
						Democratic	Eileen Kiely	16,207	43.42%
							others	52	0.14%
54		Republican	Knute Buehler of Bend	Retired, Republican hold		Republican	Cheri Helt	21,134	58.12%
						Democratic	Nathan Boddie	9,000	24.75%
						Working Families	Amanda La Bell	5,560	15.29%
							others	670	1.84%
55		Republican	Mike McLane of Powell Butte	Re-elected		Republican	Mike McLane	23,832	73.19%
						Democratic	Karen Rippberger	8,694	26.70%
							others	37	0.11%
56		Republican	E. Werner Reschke of Klamath Falls	Re-elected		Republican	E. Werner Reschke	18,312	71.78%
						Democratic	Taylor Tupper	7,130	27.95%
							others	68	0.27%
57		Republican	Greg Smith of Heppner	Re-elected		Republican	Greg Smith	15,794	98.20%
							others	289	1.80%
58		Republican	Greg Barreto of Cove	Re-elected		Republican	Greg Barreto	19,828	75.38%
						Independent Party	Skye Farnam	6,382	24.26%
							others	94	0.36%
59		Republican	Daniel Bonham of The Dalles	Re-elected		Republican	Daniel Bonham	19,236	62.22%
						Democratic	Darcy Long-Curtiss	11,655	37.70%
							others	27	0.09%
60		Republican	Lynn Findley of Vale	Re-elected		Republican	Lynn Findley	18,194	98.38%
							others	299	1.62%

See also

• 79th Oregon Legislative Assembly (2017–2018)
• 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly (2019–2020)

References

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