United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2012

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The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Oregon took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected five candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's five congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
March 6, 2012	May 15, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: Oregon has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary April 24. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 16.^[1]

See also: Oregon elections, 2012

According to the New York Times race ratings in October 2012, one of the five districts was considered to be in play, District 5.^[2]

The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) projected that Democrats would win three districts while Republicans would win one seat. It did not make a projection for the remaining district.^[3]

Primary competitiveness

See also: National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections

Oregon tied with Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Delaware, South Dakota, and West Virginia for having the 22nd most competitive congressional primaries in 2012, with 50% of major party primaries having been contested (5 out of 10). The national average was 54.31%.

Five U.S. House incumbents sought re-election in Oregon in 2012. 1 of those 5 (20%) faced a primary challenger. Nationwide, 200 out of the 386 incumbents seeking re-election faced a primary challenger (51.81%).

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 6 election, the Democratic Party held four of the five Congressional seats from Oregon.

Members of the U.S. House from Oregon -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	4	4
	Republican Party	1	1
Total		5	5

Incumbents

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the five congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Earl Blumenauer	Democratic	3
Greg Walden	Republican	2
Kurt Schrader	Democratic	5
Peter DeFazio	Democratic	4
Suzanne Bonamici	Democratic	1

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 5 seats up for election in 2012 in Oregon. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
Oregon, District 1	Suzanne Bonamici	26.6%	331,980	Delinda Morgan
Oregon, District 2	Greg Walden	39.5%	332,255	Joyce Segers
Oregon, District 3	Earl Blumenauer	54.7%	355,875	Ronald Green
Oregon, District 4	Peter DeFazio	20.1%	360,088	Art Robinson
Oregon, District 5	Kurt Schrader	11.6%	327,970	Fred Thompson

General election candidates

This is a map of the congressional districts of Oregon before and after the 2010 redistricting. The image also includes the partisan breakdown of the districts that are close in registration figures.

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Suzanne Bonamici Delinda Morgan Steven Reynolds Robert Ekstrom	Suzanne Bonamici	Suzanne Bonamici	No
2nd	Joyce Segers Greg Walden Joe Tabor	Greg Walden	Greg Walden	No
3rd	Earl Blumenauer Ronald Green Michael Cline Woodrow Broadnax	Earl Blumenauer	Earl Blumenauer	No
4th	Peter DeFazio Art Robinson Chuck Huntting	Peter DeFazio	Peter DeFazio	No
5th	Kurt Schrader Fred Thompson Raymond Baldwin Christina Jean Lugo	Kurt Schrader	Kurt Schrader	No

Candidates

Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals will be added when official election results are certified. For more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan, click here. If you find any errors in this list, please email: Geoff Pallay.