All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Oregon, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for May 17, 2022. The filing deadline was March 8, 2022.

This district was one of seven new U.S. House districts created as a result of apportionment after the 2020 census. Click here to read more. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 6

Andrea Salinas defeated Mike Erickson and Larry McFarland in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andrea Salinas (D / Working Families Party / Independent Party)	50.1	147,156
		Mike Erickson (R)	47.7	139,946
	Submit photo	Larry McFarland (Constitution Party)	2.1	6,073
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	513

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 293,688
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andrea Salinas	36.8	26,101
		Carrick Flynn	18.4	13,052
		Steven Cody Reynolds	11.2	7,951
		Loretta Smith	10.0	7,064
		Matt West	8.0	5,658
		Kathleen Harder	7.8	5,510
		Teresa Alonso Leon	6.5	4,626
		Ricky Barajas	0.4	292
	Submit photo	Greg Goodwin	0.3	217
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	508

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,979
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Erickson	34.7	21,675
		Ron Noble	17.6	10,980
		Amy Ryan Courser	16.3	10,176
		Angela Plowhead	13.2	8,271
	Submit photo	Jim Bunn	10.1	6,340
		David Russ	3.8	2,398
		Nate Sandvig	3.6	2,222
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	432

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,494
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Voting information

See also: Voting in Oregon

Election information in Oregon: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 18, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 18, 2022
Online: Oct. 18, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: N/A
By mail: N/A by N/A
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

N/A to N/A

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[1] 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.^[2] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
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
Ricky Barajas	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Carrick Flynn	Democratic Party	$1,147,786	$1,147,786	$0	As of July 15, 2022
Greg Goodwin	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Kathleen Harder	Democratic Party	$480,113	$473,917	$6,196	As of December 31, 2022
Teresa Alonso Leon	Democratic Party	$106,657	$104,016	$2,641	As of December 31, 2022
Steven Cody Reynolds	Democratic Party	$2,708,063	$2,700,899	$7,164	As of December 31, 2022
Loretta Smith	Democratic Party	$360,455	$359,837	$618	As of September 30, 2022
Matt West	Democratic Party	$1,335,533	$1,335,533	$0	As of August 8, 2022
Andrea Salinas	Working Families Party, Independent Party, Democratic Party	$3,405,187	$3,398,903	$6,285	As of December 31, 2022
Jim Bunn	Republican Party	$27,074	$27,074	$0	As of August 3, 2022
Mike Erickson	Republican Party	$3,957,227	$3,953,687	$3,540	As of December 31, 2022
Ron Noble	Republican Party	$144,543	$144,543	$0	As of December 31, 2022
Angela Plowhead	Republican Party	$57,041	$57,034	$17	As of December 31, 2022
David Russ	Republican Party	$10,661	$11,024	$-618	As of December 31, 2022
Amy Ryan Courser	Republican Party	$106,751	$117,138	$84	As of December 31, 2022
Nate Sandvig	Republican Party	$262,158	$262,158	$0	As of June 30, 2022
Larry McFarland	Constitution Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
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." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[3]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Race ratings: Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Tilt Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

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
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Oregon	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	1,000^[7]	$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

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Oregon's 6th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
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 Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+4; Cook Political Report: Toss-up; Inside Elections: Toss-up; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
	Oregon's 6th Congressional District; 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; Alabama U.S. House racesAlaska U.S. House racesArizona U.S. House racesArkansas U.S. House racesCalifornia U.S. House racesColorado U.S. House racesConnecticut U.S. House racesDelaware U.S. House racesFlorida U.S. House racesGeorgia U.S. House racesHawaii U.S. House racesIdaho U.S. House racesIllinois U.S. House racesIndiana U.S. House racesIowa U.S. House racesKansas U.S. House racesKentucky U.S. House racesLouisiana U.S. House racesMaine U.S. House racesMaryland U.S. House racesMassachusetts U.S. House racesMichigan U.S. House racesMinnesota U.S. House racesMississippi U.S. House racesMissouri U.S. House racesMontana U.S. House racesNebraska U.S. House racesNevada U.S. House racesNew Hampshire U.S. House racesNew Jersey U.S. House racesNew Mexico U.S. House racesNew York U.S. House racesNorth Carolina U.S. House racesNorth Dakota U.S. House racesOhio U.S. House racesOklahoma U.S. House racesOregon U.S. House racesPennsylvania U.S. House racesRhode Island U.S. House racesSouth Carolina U.S. House racesSouth Dakota U.S. House racesTennessee U.S. House racesTexas U.S. House racesUtah U.S. House racesVermont U.S. House racesVirginia U.S. House racesWashington U.S. House racesWest Virginia U.S. House racesWisconsin U.S. House racesWyoming U.S. House racesSubmit

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 6
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Oregon after the 2020 census

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.^[8] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.^[9]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Oregon
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
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

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

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

See also: The Cook Political Report's 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 6th the 172nd most Democratic district nationally.^[10]

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 6th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
55.2%	42.1%

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
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
	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
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
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Kate Brown
Secretary of State	Shemia Fagan
Attorney General	Ellen Rosenblum

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
	Democratic Party	18
	Republican Party	11
	Independent	1
	Vacancies	0
Total		30

Oregon House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	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
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

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Footnotes

↑ 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
↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
↑ 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

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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)

[1] 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.

[2] Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022

[3] Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.

[4] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018

[5] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018

[6] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018

[7] Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.

[8] Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.

[9] Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 17, 2022

[10] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023

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