David Walker (Oregon)

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David Walker

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November 5, 2024

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David Walker (Independent Party, Progressive Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Maxine Dexter defeated Joanna Harbour, David Walker, Joe Meyer, and David Frosch in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Dexter (D)	67.7	226,405
		Joanna Harbour (R)	25.2	84,344
		David Walker (Independent Party / Progressive Party)	3.1	10,245
		Joe Meyer (Pacific Green Party)	3.0	10,106
		David Frosch ()	0.7	2,459
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	810

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 334,369
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maxine Dexter	47.3	47,254
		Susheela Jayapal	32.8	32,793
		Eddy Morales	13.4	13,391
		Michael Jonas	2.4	2,359
		Nolan Bylenga	2.1	2,138
		Rachel Rand	0.9	856
		Ricky Barajas	0.6	649
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	430

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,870
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeremiah Campion (D)
• Theodore Gwynn (D)
• Earl Blumenauer (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Joanna Harbour defeated Gary Dye and Teresa Orwig in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joanna Harbour	55.0	13,948
		Gary Dye	27.1	6,869
		Teresa Orwig	17.0	4,303
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	258

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,378
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Walker in this election.

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Tom Harrison, Marc Koller, Gary Dye, and Michael P. Marsh in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Earl Blumenauer (D)	72.6	279,019
		Tom Harrison (R)	19.8	76,187
		Marc Koller (Independent Party of Oregon)	5.6	21,352
		Gary Dye (L)	1.5	5,767
		Michael P. Marsh (Constitution Party)	0.4	1,487
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	514

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 384,326 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Ben Lavine, Charles Rand Barnett, and Eric Hafner in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Earl Blumenauer	91.0	91,226
		Ben Lavine	6.0	6,008
	Submit photo	Charles Rand Barnett	1.6	1,586
		Eric Hafner	1.4	1,377

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 100,197
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Tom Harrison advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Harrison

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Independent Party of Oregon primary election

Independent Party of Oregon primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3

Marc Koller defeated David Walker in the Independent Party of Oregon primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Koller	55.7	930
		David Walker	44.3	741

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,671
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2016

See also: Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D) defeated David Walker (independent) and David Delk (Progressive) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No Republican candidates filed to run in the race.

U.S. House, Oregon District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer Incumbent	71.8%	274,687
	Independent	David Walker	20.4%	78,154
	Progressive	David Delk	7.3%	27,978
	N/A	Misc.	0.4%	1,536
Total Votes				382,355
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

2014

See also: Oregon's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Walker ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 3rd District. Walker was defeated by incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Oregon District 3 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Earl Blumenauer Incumbent	72.3%	211,748
	Republican	James Buchal	19.6%	57,424
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Langan	2.2%	6,381
	Green	Michael Meo	4.1%	12,106
	Independent	David Walker	1.4%	4,009
	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	0.4%	1,089
Total Votes				292,757
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

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Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Oregon District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Oregon District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Oregon's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jeff Merkley (D)

Ron Wyden (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzanne Bonamici (D)

District 2

Cliff Bentz (R)

District 3

Maxine Dexter (D)

District 4

Val Hoyle (D)

District 5

Janelle Bynum (D)

District 6

Andrea Salinas (D)

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (1)