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Eric Swenson
Eric Swenson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oregon State Senate to represent District 11. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.
Swenson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Oregon State Senate District 11
Incumbent Kim Thatcher defeated Richard Walsh in the general election for Oregon State Senate District 11 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kim Thatcher (R / L) | 52.5 | 22,238 |
| Richard Walsh (D) | 47.3 | 20,054 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 105 | ||
| Total votes: 42,397 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eric Swenson (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 11
Eric Swenson defeated Richard Walsh and Anthony Rosilez in the Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 11 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Swenson | 44.0 | 3,822 |
| Richard Walsh | 34.2 | 2,964 | ||
| Anthony Rosilez | 20.6 | 1,789 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 103 | ||
| Total votes: 8,678 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 11
Incumbent Kim Thatcher defeated Marcello De Cicco in the Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 11 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Thatcher | 91.6 | 8,340 |
| Marcello De Cicco | 7.2 | 652 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 113 | ||
| Total votes: 9,105 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric Swenson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Swenson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Eric lived for 28 years in NE Salem working as bilingual teacher in the Salem-Keizer School district at Highland, Grant and Whiteaker Middle School and served on the Salem Public Library Board and the Salem Area Mass Transit Board of Directors. During that time he received a Master’s in Public Administration from Lewis & Clark College.
In Woodburn Eric worked as a middle and high school principal and served on the Parks and Recreation Board, the City Budget Committee and the Woodburn Chamber of Commerce and Woodburn Rotary Boards of Directors. As the Woodburn’s Mayor he guided the city through the past two years working as a bridge across cultures, languages, political parties, social strata and religious affiliations - and can be that kind of bridge in the Oregon State Senate.
- Eric understands how precarious our environment is - and is committed to being part of Oregon’s bold leadership to preserve and sustain our most precious resource. “Oregon’s been an environmental leader from the bottle bill to public beaches - and we need to continue to be that leader for our country and our world.”
- We need an economy that works for everyone. As a teacher and a principal Eric spent time with thousands of students and saw first hand their families struggle economically with housing, health care and just making a living - realities that hard working families should not have to face. Centering the voices of those closest to the issues, Eric will advocate for housing and health care that is affordable, living wage jobs and in a forward thinking economy.
- As the Mayor of Woodburn during trying times Eric worked hard to be a bridge across cultures, languages, political parties, social strata and religious affiliations can be that kind of bridge in the Oregon State Senate.
As a former teacher, principal and school board member Eric will advocate to make our schools more meaningful for students in ways that foster their interests and give them real world skills and value of all the professions, not just the ones that come out of colleges.
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Note: Swenson submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on April 21, 2022.
See also
2022 Elections
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