Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

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Oregon's 6th Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 12, 2024
Primary: May 21, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Oregon
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic
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A Republican Party primary took place on May 21, 2024, in Oregon's 6th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Mike Erickson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies. As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 50.1%-47.7%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 55.2%-42.1%.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
March 12, 2024	May 21, 2024	November 5, 2024

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.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Oregon's 6th 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 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
• Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6

Mike Erickson defeated David Russ, David Burch, and Conrad Herold in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Erickson	73.7	37,497
		David Russ	21.4	10,908
		David Burch	2.8	1,447
	Submit photo	Conrad Herold	1.2	628
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	381

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,861
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Denyc Boles (R)

Candidate profiles

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Mike Erickson

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  Erickson's professional experience included serving as the president of AFMS LLC, a supply chain and logistics consulting company. He received a bachelor's degree in business from Portland State University.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Erickson said that the southern border was his top priority. He said "the current border situation is not sustainable. It is a national security issue that threatens Americans, legal immigrants, and asylum seekers."

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Growing the economy was another top concern for Erickson, who stated that "poor policies have led to a taxation on the lower- and middle-class." He said that the high inflation rate "continues to strain pocketbooks. Stemming from a variety of factors such as high spending and supply chain issues, my background has prepared me to tackle this complex issue."

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Erickson focused on the need to support law enforcement, saying "officers are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty, an indictment of the status quo." He said there should be "federal dollars dedicated to mental health, physical wellness and peer support."

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Show sources

Sources: Mike Erickson 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed July 27, 2024Oregon Capital Chronicle, "Q&A: Republican candidates in 6th Congressional District primary," May 6, 2024; Mike Erickson 2024 campaign website, "About," accessed July 27, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Oregon District 6 in 2024.

David Russ

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Qualified and Committed true representative of the People. You can learn everything about my platform and political standing on my website RussIsForUS.com. No other candidate in this race is willing to make the bold statements and committments to holding the line FOR YOU that I do at RussIsForUS.com. PLEASE research the candidates and review their websites. I want you to make an informed decision about who to vote for. For me, you voting for the best candidate to Protect the Constitution for The United States of America and represent your interests is much more important than if you vote for me. Our EVERYRHING is on the line this election cycle. I promise that I will stand up against all attacks on You, Your Rights, Your Property, Your Children and The Constitution For The United States of America. I can promise this because I have never been "placed" into office by the establishment, and I have no fear of losing my elite status nor multi-million dollar business for fighting against the establishment. We can save this country Together. But it will take all of US. That is why Russ Is For US!"

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Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

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Truly the biggest issue we face in this country is the Federal Government's flagrant disregard for The Constitution For The United States of America. This document does not need to be re-written, it needs to be re-read. I promise to continually present legislation that will wittle away at these violations and return control to the States and the People. At the same time, I will introduce legislation focused on blocking future actions and decisions from the Executive Branch from violating the Constitution and removing your rights.

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I am not "beholden" to anyone but God and You. Sure, it has been said before. Butnhave you heard it from someone who was not a multi-millionaire or currently high ranking official? I am honored to have been elected to be Mayor of Dundee by a near unanimous vote 5 times. There is no one that can "call in a favor" nor "threaten my elite status." That leaves me completely free to continuously do what is right for You and the Constitution. In the end, any such threats would be meaningless to be because I "Pleadge(d) my Life My Fortune and My Sacred Honor to The Constitution For The United States Of America" a very long time ago. Beyond that, I extend that Pleadge to anyone who will stand with me in that Pledge.

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Regardless of who you choose to vote for, PLEASE become and stay active in your governance. We did not get where we are overnight. We got here by trusting humans (who are all flawed) with our destiny. This country was designed to endure because the people were woven into its governance. When "We The People" stopped being intimately involved in our governanace unsavory characters started to take advantge of us. It is time we fight back...Together. All of US. That is why Russ Is For US. #RussIsForUs.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Oregon District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Oregon

Election information in Oregon: May 21, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: April 30, 2024
• By mail: Received by April 30, 2024
• Online: April 30, 2024

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: May 21, 2024
• By mail: Postmarked by May 21, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

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?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (MST/PST)

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
David Burch	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Mike Erickson	Republican Party	$1,190,897	$1,194,367	$70	As of December 31, 2024
Conrad Herold	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
David Russ	Republican Party	$3,460	$3,140	$0	As of September 30, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.

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 in place for the election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Oregon.

Oregon U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Year	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	6	6	1	30	12	5	4	75%	3	60.0%
2022	6	6	2	45	12	6	4	83.3%	4	100.0%
2020	5	5	1	40	10	5	5	100.0%	4	100.0%
2018	5	5	0	32	10	5	4	90.0%	5	100.0%
2016	5	5	0	19	10	3	4	70.0%	4	80.0%
2014	5	5	0	17	10	2	3	50.0%	2	40.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Oregon in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 13, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Thirty candidates ran for Oregon’s six U.S. House districts, including 17 Democrats and 13 Republicans. That’s 5.0 candidates per district, less than the 7.5 candidates per district in 2022, the 8.0 candidates per district in 2020, and the 6.4 candidates in 2018.

The 30 candidates who ran in Oregon in 2024 were the fewest number of candidates since 2016, when 19 candidates ran.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district, meaning no incumbents filed to run. There were two seats open in 2022 and one seat in 2020.

Incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D-3rd) did not running for re-election because he retired from public office.

Ten candidates—seven Democrats and three Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a seat in Oregon in 2024.

Nine primaries—five Democratic and four Republican—were contested in 2024. Ten primaries were contested in 2022 and 2020, respectively.

Three incumbents—two Democrats and one Republican—faced primary challengers in 2024, the fewest since 2014 when two incumbents faced primary challengers.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all six districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 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 171st 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 6th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
55.2%	42.1%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district. The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
49.5	44.5	D+5.0

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

See also: Party control of Oregon state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Oregon's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Oregon
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	5	7
Republican	0	1	1
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	6	8

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Oregon's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Oregon, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Tina Kotek
Secretary of State	LaVonne Griffin-Valade
Attorney General	Ellen Rosenblum

State legislature

Oregon State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	17
	Republican Party	12
	Independent	0
	Independent Party of Oregon	1
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		30

Oregon House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	35
	Republican Party	25
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		60

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Oregon Party Control: 1992-2024
Sixteen 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	23	24
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	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	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	D	D

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Oregon in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oregon, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Oregon	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	1,000	$100.00	3/12/2024	Source
Oregon	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	4,749	N/A	8/27/2024	Source

See also

• Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
• Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
• United States House elections in Oregon, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in Oregon, 2024 (May 21 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024

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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)

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (1)

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