Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

Elections in Oregon, 2022

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Oregon's 4th 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: Lean Democratic Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic 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
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All U.S. House districts, including the 4th 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.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 55.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 42.3%.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
• Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Val Hoyle defeated Alek Skarlatos, Levi Leatherberry, Jim Howard, and Michael Beilstein in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle (D / Working Families Party)	50.5	171,372
		Alek Skarlatos (R)	43.1	146,055
		Levi Leatherberry (Independent Party / L)	2.7	9,052
	Submit photo	Jim Howard (Constitution Party)	1.8	6,075
		Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)	1.8	6,033
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	490

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,077
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle	63.5	56,153
		Doyle Canning	16.1	14,245
		Sami Al-Abdrabbuh	6.9	6,080
		John Selker	5.4	4,738
		Andrew Kalloch	4.9	4,322
	Submit photo	G. Tommy Smith	1.4	1,278
	Submit photo	Jake Matthews	0.7	607
		Steve William Laible	0.3	292
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	663

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,378
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zachary Mulholland (D)
• Joshua Welch (D)

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,676
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Garrett Hoppe (R)
• Jeremy Van Tress (R)

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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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

A New Path for America - Ideology and political identity make solving any problem hard. We need to treat every person and every problem as individuals.

Representatives should represent - this means that they should represent the Top 10 things voters care about in their district - regardless of their personal agenda or political beliefs, as that's what their paid to do

Fight the good Fight - This means we should fight for the public interest over party interests

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

The two areas of public policy I find most intriguing and important is public liberty - which means protecting voters the little guy from corporate and government infringement on their individual rights - which is the bedrock of a stable democracy, that we value the citizens first. The other is public interest, that is what the people in my district care about and finding new means to represent them better than ever before - the first is by putting aside my own ideas about how the world should work and listening to what people really want and doing it - without ideology or pretending to know all the answers.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

My mother, as she has stood up for ethical and high quality education and leadership in many countries while I was growing up amongst the people and faced off with some of the world's most oppressive regimes and ministries without even breaking a sweat - often as an individual. She also made a lot of nations leaders children learn the value of labor and service by making long hours of volunteering in extreme poverty required in the top school of their country. It was the first time most of them ever interacted with lower classes, many came out better for doing it. Now we're farmers trying to live ethically with the land and she's faced that challenge for more than a decade with the same gusto.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

Good thinkers read many books and pick and choose parts they like from each meaning and form their own opinions - I call these people individuals, and it is the people who can think for themselves not the books they read that are valuable. Speaking to others who are independent thinkers may have greater value than any particular book.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

I do not have an ideology. I am perhaps the first to run for office without claiming to have answers to everything. I want to approach problems as individuals. Beyond that the public intrest, and public liberty are the values which founded America and should be held in high esteem again.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

To represent the people accurately as humanly and technologically possible.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

I transferred to High School in Kuwait just before the 911 attacks, then was present for the subsequent war with Iraq as I was in an American school in Kuwait. I remember trying to see the Matrix movies with my friends but the Iraqis missiles kept bombing the nice movie theater. I've since been present for wars, the SAR/MERS pandemics firsthand and multiple government coups d'état. I've learned the importance of good governance and what the corrosion of civil liberties and citizen power leads to.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

My first job was leading my National Honors Society to help genocide refugees from Sudan while I was studying in High School in Egypt. Of course as a farmer I also always helped on the farm.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

The power of the purse, first and foremost to help control the budget and spending of the US Federal Government. Thus the ability to solve many problems as you simply have to follow the money.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

No. It's helpful not to as they wont be biased by special interests and their agenda. They will be in a better position to relate to ordinary voters and their problems. They also wont owe favors (ideally) unless they get campaign contributions in large amounts.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

The greatest challenge to America is partisanship, not because it is the most important problem but it's the problem that prevents all other problems from being solved. While we bicker and become more divided, the country falls apart from the inside as institutions are underfunded or outright canceled, basic services suffer from endemic corruption and mismanagement and the basic rights of Americans are sold to corporations in the form of data for cents on the dollar. Then rather than solve these problems we spend and spend hoping money will be the suave for political mismanagement. What we need are good leaders and good governance - both can be done better and by ordinary citizens becoming more involved by preventing money and special interests from overpowering the public interest.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

The finance committee, the HELP, the Judiciary, the Science and Transportation committees as well as Appropriations and Governmental Affairs.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

Yes

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

There should be strict term limits for all leaders in US government. Otherwise new people never get in.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

Not a representative, but George Washington - he was the first and last independent president. He also knew about the influence of partisan politics and its disruptive influence on America.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Levi Leatherberry (Independent, Libertarian)

The ability to put ideology and ego aside and to stop trying to 'win' and instead try to solve problems individually not as teams or parties. This is the basic skill used my humanitarians all over the world - it works.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. 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. 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
Sami Al-Abdrabbuh	Democratic Party	$57,447	$56,996	$451	As of December 31, 2022
Doyle Canning	Democratic Party	$281,376	$281,376	$0	As of December 31, 2022
Andrew Kalloch	Democratic Party	$288,629	$288,629	$0	As of September 30, 2022
Steve William Laible	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jake Matthews	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
John Selker	Democratic Party	$212,997	$212,997	$0	As of July 5, 2022
G. Tommy Smith	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Val Hoyle	Working Families Party, Democratic Party	$2,610,019	$2,569,971	$40,048	As of December 31, 2022
Alek Skarlatos	Republican Party	$4,538,041	$4,584,183	$61,667	As of December 31, 2022
Jim Howard	Constitution Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Levi Leatherberry	Independent Party, Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Michael Beilstein	Progressive Party, Pacific Green 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.
• 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.

Race ratings: Oregon's 4th 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	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Likely 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	$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

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. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Oregon
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

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 4th the 174th most Democratic district nationally.

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
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
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

District history

2020

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)

Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Alek Skarlatos and Daniel Hoffay in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio (D / Working Families Party / Independent)	51.5	240,950
		Alek Skarlatos (R)	46.2	216,081
		Daniel Hoffay (Pacific Green Party)	2.2	10,118
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	556

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 467,705
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Doyle Canning in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio	83.7	96,077
		Doyle Canning	15.4	17,701
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	974

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,752
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cassidy Clausen (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Alek Skarlatos defeated Nelson Ijih in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alek Skarlatos	86.4	70,599
	Submit photo	Nelson Ijih	12.6	10,325
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	780

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,704
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Art Robinson (R)
• Jo Rae Perkins (R)

Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Daniel Hoffay advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on June 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Daniel Hoffay (Pacific Green Party)

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2018

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Art Robinson, Michael Beilstein, and Richard Jacobson in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio (D)	56.0	208,710
		Art Robinson (R)	40.9	152,414
		Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party)	1.6	5,956
	Submit photo	Richard Jacobson (L)	1.4	5,370
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	443

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 372,893 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Daniel Arcangel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio	92.2	78,575
		Daniel Arcangel	7.8	6,672

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 85,247
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Art Robinson defeated Court Boice, Jo Rae Perkins, Michael Polen, and Stefan Strek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Art Robinson	45.9	30,384
		Court Boice	23.8	15,773
		Jo Rae Perkins	21.0	13,892
		Michael Polen	6.0	3,970
		Stefan Strek	3.4	2,244

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 66,263
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2016

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Peter DeFazio (D) defeated Art Robinson (R), Gil Guthrie (L), and Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green) in the general election on November 8, 2016. DeFazio defeated Joseph McKinney in the Democratic primary, while Robinson defeated Jo Rae Perkins to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016.

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio Incumbent	55.5%	220,628
	Republican	Art Robinson	39.7%	157,743
	Pacific Green	Michael Beilstein	3.1%	12,194
	Libertarian	Gil Guthrie	1.6%	6,527
	N/A	Misc.	0.1%	476
Total Votes				397,568
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Peter DeFazio Incumbent	92%	113,816
Joseph McKinney	8%	9,894
Total Votes		123,710
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Art Robinson	67.8%	55,557
Jo Rae Perkins	32.2%	26,375
Total Votes		81,932
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

2014

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 4th Congressional District of Oregon held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Peter DeFazio (Democratic, Working Families and Progressive Party), defeated Art Robinson (Republican and Constitution Party), David Chester (L) and Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party) in the general election.

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio Incumbent	58.6%	181,624
	Republican	Art Robinson	37.6%	116,534
	Libertarian	David Chester	1.5%	4,676
	Green	Michael Beilstein	2.2%	6,863
	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	0.2%	482
Total Votes				310,179
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

May 20, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

• Peter DeFazio - Incumbenta

Republican Primary

• Art Robinson - Oregon's Republican Party state chairmana

See also

Oregon	2022 primaries	2022 U.S. Congress elections
Oregon congressional delegation Voting in Oregon Oregon elections: 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018	Democratic primary battlegrounds Republican primary battlegrounds U.S. Senate Democratic primaries U.S. Senate Republican primaries U.S. House Democratic primaries U.S. House Republican primaries	U.S. Congress elections U.S. Senate elections U.S. House elections Special elections Ballot access

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Footnotes

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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)

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