Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
- Primary date: May 17
- Mail-in registration deadline: April 26
- Online reg. deadline: April 26
- In-person reg. deadline: April 26
- Early voting starts: N/A
- Early voting ends: N/A
- Poll times: Open: Varies; Close: 8 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: May 17
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Election details |
Filing deadline: March 8, 2022 |
Primary: May 17, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Oregon |
Race ratings |
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th Oregon elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022 |
A Republican Party primary took place on May 17, 2022, in Oregon's 4th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Alek Skarlatos advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Oregon generally utilizes a closed primary process. The selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members for presidential and legislative elections.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Oregon's 4th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
- Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4
Alek Skarlatos advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Alek Skarlatos | 98.3 | 58,655 |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 1,021 |
Total votes: 59,676 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Garrett Hoppe (R)
- Jeremy Van Tress (R)
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Alek Skarlatos | Republican Party | $4,538,041 | $4,584,183 | $61,667 | As of December 31, 2022 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Oregon in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oregon, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Oregon | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | 1,000[5] | $100.00 | 3/8/2022 | Source |
Oregon | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1% of the average number of votes cast for all candidates for presidential electors at the last presidential election in all congressional districts | N/A | 8/30/2022 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Oregon District 4
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Oregon District 4
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[6] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[7]
2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Oregon | ||||
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District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() |
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |
Oregon's 1st | 68.4% | 29.1% | 63.3% | 34.0% |
Oregon's 2nd | 36.6% | 61.1% | 42.1% | 55.6% |
Oregon's 3rd | 72.5% | 25.2% | 74.3% | 23.5% |
Oregon's 4th | 55.1% | 42.3% | 50.7% | 46.7% |
Oregon's 5th | 53.2% | 44.4% | 53.6% | 43.9% |
Oregon's 6th | 55.2% | 42.1% | --- | --- |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Oregon.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Oregon in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 6, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 46 candidates filed to run for Oregon's six U.S. House districts, including 26 Democrats, 19 Republicans, and one independent. That's 7.7 candidates per district, down from 9.2 candidates per district in 2020 and 8.4 in 2018.
This was the first candidate filing deadline to take place under new district lines adopted during Oregon's decennial redistricting process. Oregon was apportioned six seats following the 2020 census, up one from the five the state was apportioned after the 2010 census.
Two of the six districts were left open, meaning no incumbents filed to run there. This included the newly-created 6th District and the 4th District, where incumbent Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) announced his retirement. This marked the most open districts in Oregon since at least 2012. The only other election year since 2012 with an open seat was 2020, which had one.
The four incumbents who filed for re-election all drew primary challengers. At least one Democrat and one Republican filed in all six districts, meaning there were no districts contested by just one of the two major parties at the time of the filing deadline.
Sixteen candidates filed to run in the new 6th District, more than any other. This number includes nine Democrats and seven Republicans.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Oregon's 4th the 174th most Democratic district nationally.[8]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Oregon's 4th based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
55.1% | 42.3% |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Oregon, 2020
Oregon presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 15 Democratic wins
- 16 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Oregon and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for Oregon | ||
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Oregon | United States | |
Population | 4,237,256 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 95,995 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 82.6% | 70.4% |
Black/African American | 1.9% | 12.6% |
Asian | 4.5% | 5.6% |
Native American | 1.1% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0.4% | 0.2% |
Other (single race) | 3.4% | 5.1% |
Multiple | 6.2% | 5.2% |
Hispanic/Latino | 13.2% | 18.2% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 91.1% | 88.5% |
College graduation rate | 34.4% | 32.9% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $65,667 | $64,994 |
Persons below poverty level | 12.4% | 12.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Oregon's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Oregon, November 2022 | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Republican | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 5 | 7 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Oregon's top three state executive offices as of November 2022.
State executive officials in Oregon, November 2022 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Oregon State Legislature as of November 2022.
Oregon State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 18 | |
Republican Party | 11 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 30 |
Oregon House of Representatives
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 37 | |
Republican Party | 23 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 60 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Oregon was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Oregon Party Control: 1992-2022
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Senate | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
See also
- Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
- Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in Oregon, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Oregon, 2022 (May 17 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State,"Frequently Asked Questions," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 17, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023