Jason Kropf recall, Oregon House of Representatives (2025)
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The effort to recall Jason Kropf (D) from the District 54 seat in the Oregon House of Representatives began on April 11, 2025. Supporters of the recall had 90 days—or no later than July 10, 2025—to collect more than 5,446 signatures to require a recall election. No signatures were turned in for the recall effort by the deadline.[1]
Proponents of the recall effort criticized Kropf for sponsoring two bills: House Bill 3075 and House Bill 3076. The bills, which dealt with firearm licenses and permits, did not advance in the legislative session.
Kropf was first elected to the chamber in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024 with 97% of the vote.
Recall supporters
Eric McElroy initiated the recall effort. The recall petition listed the following reasons for recall:[2]
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Rep. Kropf is the Chief Sponsor of HB 3075 and HB 3076. These two bills go against the United States Constitution's 2nd amendment rights of the people. These two bills will burden the people of Oregon with extra fees, unconstitutional firearm laws, loss of gun rights, loss of business for FFL dealers, etc. [3] |
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Recall opponents
As of April 11, 2025, Kropf had not issued a response to the recall effort.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon
The number of valid signatures required to force a recall election is 15% of the total number of votes cast in the public officer’s electoral district for all candidates for Governor at the last election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term. The chief petitioner must turn in the required number of signatures no later than 90 days after the prospective petition has been filed.
Supporters of the recall effort had until July 10, 2025, to collect more than 5,446 signatures to require a recall election.
Historical state legislative recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 186 recall efforts against 168 state lawmakers from 1913 to 2024. During that time, 40 recalls made the ballot and 22 state legislators were successfully recalled.[4] A breakdown of the state legislative recall efforts by year is displayed in the chart below:
Michigan state legislators drew more recall petitions than any other from 1913 to 2024. Three of those 60 recall efforts have been successful. Wisconsin and California followed with 32 and 25 recall efforts, respectively. Wisconsin led all states with six legislators recalled, while California had five. The most recent successful recall effort against a state lawmaker was in 2018 with California state Senator Josh Newman (D). A breakdown of the various recall efforts is displayed in the chart below:
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
Election history
2024
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Jason Kropf won election in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Kropf (D / R / Independent Party / Working Families Party) | 96.5 | 28,395 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.5 | 1,040 | ||
| Total votes: 29,435 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Jason Kropf advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Kropf | 99.4 | 8,329 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 48 | ||
| Total votes: 8,377 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Jason Kropf advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Kropf (Write-in) | 10.7 | 36 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 89.3 | 302 | ||
| Total votes: 338 | |||
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2022
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Jason Kropf defeated Judy Trego in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Kropf (D / Independent Party / Working Families Party) | 64.4 | 22,865 |
| Judy Trego (R) | 35.5 | 12,604 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 35,496 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Jason Kropf advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Kropf | 99.1 | 7,960 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 72 | ||
| Total votes: 8,032 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Judy Trego advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Judy Trego | 98.4 | 3,724 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 61 | ||
| Total votes: 3,785 | |||
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2020
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Jason Kropf defeated incumbent Cheri Helt in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Kropf (D / Working Families Party) | 60.0 | 27,999 |
 | Cheri Helt (R / L / Independent) | 38.9 | 18,153 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 480 | ||
| Total votes: 46,632 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Jason Kropf advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Kropf | 99.1 | 10,098 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 93 | ||
| Total votes: 10,191 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Cheri Helt advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheri Helt | 98.2 | 5,605 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 102 | ||
| Total votes: 5,707 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent Cheri Helt advanced from the Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 54 on July 6, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Cheri Helt (L) |
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See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Oregon House of Representatives
- Recall campaigns in Oregon
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- State legislative recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Initiatives, Referendums, Referrals and Recall," accessed August 5, 2025
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Prospective Petition - Recall (SEL 350)," accessed July 9, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Recall of State Officials," accessed August 13, 2021
