Oregon State Senate elections, 2010

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Oregon State Senate elections, 2010

Majority control • Campaign contributions

Qualifications • Competitiveness analysis

State Legislative Election Results

List of candidates District 3 • District 4 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26

Oregon State Senate State legislative elections, 2010

Elections for the office of Oregon's State Senate were held in Oregon on November 2, 2010.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 9, 2010 (August 24 for independents). The primary election date was May 18, 2010.

In Oregon, senators serve four-year terms with no limit on consecutive terms.

In the 2010 elections, Democrats retained a majority in the chamber and Republicans gained two seats.

See also: Oregon State Senate and State legislative elections, 2010

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won on November 2, 2010:

1. Chuck Thomsen
2. Alan Bates (Oregon)
3. Alan Olsen
4. Betsy Johnson
5. Bruce Starr
6. Chris Edwards (Oregon)
7. Chip Shields
8. Floyd Prozanski
9. Frank Morse
10. Jackie Winters
11. Larry George
12. Lee Beyer
13. Peter Courtney
14. Richard Devlin
15. Suzanne Bonamici
16. Rod Monroe

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 2 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Oregon State Senate:

Oregon State Senate
Party		As of November 1, 2010	After the 2010 Election
	Democratic Party	18	16
	Republican Party	12	14
Total		30	30

Campaign contributions

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Oregon in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.

Year	Number of candidates	Total contributions
2010	41	$9,803,929
2008	29	$2,779,111
2006	40	$6,103,385
2004	36	$7,016,263
2002	37	$6,330,449
2000	30	$5,255,383

During the 2010 election, the total contributions to the 41 Senate candidates was $9,803,929. The top 10 contributors were:

2010 Donors, Oregon State Senate
Donor	Amount
Oregon Senate Republican Leadership Fund	$1,070,878
Oregon Democratic Party	$933,967
Senate Democratic Leadership Fund	$723,942
Oregon Education Association	$250,846
Oregon Public Employees Local 503	$241,151
Oregon Healthcare Association	$192,361
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association	$181,900
Doctors for Healthy Communities	$110,995
Coalition for a Healthy Oregon	$102,830
Douglas County Physicians	$92,000

Qualifications

Article 4, Section 8 of the Oregon Constitution states:

• No person shall be a Senator or Representative who at the time of election is not a citizen of the United States; nor anyone who has not been for one year next preceding the election an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representative may be chosen. However, for purposes of the general election next following the operative date of an apportionment under section 6 of this Article, the person must have been an inhabitant of the district from January 1 of the year following the reapportionment to the date of the election.

• Senators and Representatives shall be at least twenty one years of age.
• No person shall be a Senator or Representative who has been convicted of a felony during:
  • The term of office of the person as a Senator or Representative; or
  • The period beginning on the date of the election at which the person was elected to the office of Senator or Representative and ending on the first day of the term of office to which the person was elected.
• No person is eligible to be elected as a Senator or Representative if that person has been convicted of a felony and has not completed the sentence received for the conviction prior to the date that person would take office if elected. As used in this subsection, “sentence received for the conviction” includes a term of imprisonment, any period of probation or post-prison supervision and payment of a monetary obligation imposed as all or part of a sentence.
• Notwithstanding sections 11 and 15, Article IV of this Constitution:
  • The office of a Senator or Representative convicted of a felony during the term to which the Senator or Representative was elected or appointed shall become vacant on the date the Senator or Representative is convicted.
  • A person elected to the office of Senator or Representative and convicted of a felony during the period beginning on the date of the election and ending on the first day of the term of office to which the person was elected shall be ineligible to take office and the office shall become vacant on the first day of the next term of office.
• Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a person who is ineligible to be a Senator or Representative under subsection (3) of this section may:
  • Be a Senator or Representative after the expiration of the term of office during which the person is ineligible; and
  • Be a candidate for the office of Senator or Representative prior to the expiration of the term of office during which the person is ineligible.
• No person shall be a Senator or Representative who at all times during the term of office of the person as a Senator or Representative is not an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representative may be chosen or has been appointed to represent. A person shall not lose status as an inhabitant of a district if the person is absent from the district for purposes of business of the Legislative Assembly. Following the operative date of an apportionment under section 6 of this Article, until the expiration of the term of office of the person, a person may be an inhabitant of any district.

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

There were 14 incumbents seeking re-election. All 14 incumbents faced either a primary or a general election challenger.

Primary challenges

Two incumbents (14.3% of those seeking re-election) faced competition in the May 18 primary. Both defeated their primary opponents. These incumbents were as follows:

• District 10: Incumbent Republican Jackie Winters
• District 24: Incumbent Democrat Rod Monroe

Retiring incumbents

2 incumbent senators (12.5% of all incumbents) chose not to run for re-election, while 14 incumbents (87.5% of all incumbents) ran for re-election. Of the 2 incumbents who retired, both were Democrats.

• District 6: Incumbent Democrat Bill Morrisette
• District 26: Incumbent Democrat Rick Metsger

List of candidates

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District 3

May 18 Democratic primary result:

• Alan Bates: 10,714 a Incumbent Bates assumed office in 2005. Bates also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary result:

• Dave Dotterrer: 7,123 a Dotterrer also filed on the Independent Party label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Dave Dotterrer: 41 a
• None of the Above: 34
• Write-in: 7

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: Bates, who led on election night, also won in a recount.

Alan Bates 24,550

Dave Dotterrer 24,275

District 4

May 18 Democratic primary result:

• Floyd Prozanski: 12,307 a Incumbent Prozanski assumed office in 2003. Prozanski also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary result:

• Marilyn Kittelman: 7,174 a Kittelman also filed on the Independent Party and Constitution Party labels.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Marilyn Kittelman: 38 a
• Floyd Prozanski: 33
• None of the Above: 20
• Write-in: 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Floyd Prozanski 29,077

Marilyn Kittelman 20,961

District 6

Note: Incumbent Democrat Bill Morrisette did not seek re-election in 2010.

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Lee Beyer: 9,706 a Beyer also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Michael Spasaro: 1,287 a

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Scott Reynolds: 46 a
• None of the Above: 22
• Lee Beyer: 18

November 2 General election candidates:

Lee Beyer 23,705

Michael Spasaro 19,626

Scott Reynolds 2,304

District 7

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Chris Edwards: 10,522 a Incumbent Edwards assumed office in 2009. Edwards also filed on the Independent Party label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Karen Bodner:5,786 a

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Chris Edwards: 46 a
• None of the Above: 39
• Write-in: 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Chris Edwards 29,308

Karen Bodner 17,511

District 8

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Dan Rayfield: 9,359 a

May 18 GOP primary:

• Frank Morse: 7,887 a Incumbent Morse assumed office in 2003. Morse also filed on the Independent label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Frank Morse: 86 a
• Dan Rayfield: 67
• None of the Above: 7
• Write-in: 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Dan Rayfield 21,563

Frank Morse 26,466

District 10

May 18 Democratic primary:

• William Dalton: 4,916 a
• Jeff Goodwin: 3,974

July 29 Democratic precinct committee vote to select Dalton's replacement

• Jackie Pierce a

Note: Democratic candidate Dalton withdrew his candidacy in July, and the Democratic precinct committees selected Pierce to replace him.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Jackie Winters:9,971 a Incumbent Winters assumed office in 2003. Winters also filed on the Independent Party label.
• Sarah Arcune: 2,185

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Jackie Winters: 48 a
• William Dalton: 21
• None of the Above: 10

November 2 General election candidates:

Jackie Pierce 15,088

Jackie Winters 32,956

District 11

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Peter Courtney: 6,572 a Incumbent Courtney assumed office in 1999.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Michael Forest: 4,455 a Forest also filed on the Independent Party label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• None of the Above: 30
• Michael Forest: 17 a
• Write-in: 2

Note: The "None of the Above" option was non-binding in the Independent Party primary, so the candidate receiving the most votes won regardless of how many voters selected the NOTA option.

November 2 General election candidates:

Peter Courtney 14,883

Michael Forest 12,280

District 13

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Timi Parker: 6,759 a Parker also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary result:

• Larry George: 9,933 a Incumbent George assumed office in 2007. George also filed on the Independent Party label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Larry George: 30 a
• Timi Parker: 23
• None of the Above: 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Timi Parker 17,742

Larry George 30,457

District 15

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Chuck Riley: 6,038 a Riley also filed on the Independent Party label.
• Travis Comfort: 1,781

May 18 GOP primary:

• Bruce Starr: 6,309 a Incumbent Starr assumed office in 1999.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Chuck Riley: 33 a
• Bruce Starr: 29
• None of the Above: 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Chuck Riley 19,533

Bruce Starr 21,382

District 16

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Betsy Johnson: 12,294 a Incumbent Johnson assumed office in 2005. Johnson also filed on the Independent Party label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Bob Horning: 6,923 a

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Betsy Johnson: 43 a
• Bob Horning: 17
• None of the Above: 6

November 2 General election candidates:

Betsy Johnson 27,182

Bob Horning 22,657

District 17

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Suzanne Bonamici: 9,824 a Incumbent Bonamici assumed office in 2008. Bonamici also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Stevan Kirkpatrick: 5,047 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Suzanne Bonamici 32,281

Stevan Kirkpatrick 18,041

District 19

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Richard Devlin: 10,850 a Incumbent Devlin assumed office in 2003. Devlin also filed on the Independent label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Mary Kremer: 5,693 a
• Steve Griffith: 4,857

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Richard Devlin: 49 a
• Mary Kremer: 44
• None of the Above: 3
• Write-in: 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Richard Devlin 30,179

Mary Kremer 25,038

District 20

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Martha Schrader:8,354 a Incumbent Schrader assumed office in 2009.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Alan Olsen:5,746 a Olsen also filed on the Independent Party label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Alan Olsen: 38 a
• None of the Above: 17
• Write-in: 12

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: Olsen, who led on election night, also won in a recount.

Martha Schrader 22,817

Alan Olsen 23,044

District 22

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Chip Shields: 11,789 a Incumbent Shields assumed office in 2009. Shields also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Dwayne Runyan: 804 a
• Marcus Tempey: 404

November 2 General election candidates:

Chip Shields 40,101

Dwayne Runyan 5,345

District 24

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Rod Monroe:4,217 a Incumbent Monroe assumed office in 2007. Monroe also filed on the Working Families Party label.
• Ron McCarty: 2,268
• Dave Mowry: 2,124

May 18 GOP primary:

• Rob Wheeler: 3,929 a Wheeler also filed on the Independent Party label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Rob Wheeler: 19 a
• Rod Monroe: 10
• None of the Above: 9

November 2 General election candidates:

Rod Monroe 18,337

Rob Wheeler 16,905

District 26

Note: Incumbent Democrat Rick Metsger did not seek re-election in 2010.

May 18 Democratic primary:

• Brent Barton: 7,878 a Barton also filed on the Working Families Party label.

May 18 GOP primary:

• Chuck Thomsen: 6,446 a Thomsen also filed on the Independent label.

July 30 Independent Party primary result:

• Chuck Thomsen: 50 a
• Brent Barton: 31
• None of the Above: 4
• Write-in: 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Brent Barton 22,144

Chuck Thomsen 24,925

See also

• Oregon State Senate
• Oregon State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2010
• Primary election dates in 2010

External links

• 2010 Official Election Results
• Oregon Live Election, Election Results
• Oregon 2010 primary election results
• Official list of 2010 candidates from the Oregon Secretary of State (dead link)
• Oregon Republican Party's list of 2010 candidates
• Oregon Senate Democratic Leadership Fund's list of 2010 Democratic senate candidates
• Project Vote Smart list of candidates for Oregon State Senate in the November 2, 2010 election
• Independent Party of Oregon primary election results July 30, 2010
• Official results of the May 18, 2010 Democratic and Republican primary elections for state senator

Footnotes

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Current members of the Oregon State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Rob Wagner

Majority Leader:Kayse Jama

Minority Leader:Daniel Bonham

Senators

District 1

David Smith (R)

District 2

Noah Robinson (R)

District 3

Jeff Golden (D)

District 4

Floyd Prozanski (D)

District 5

Dick Anderson (R)

District 6

Cedric Hayden (R)

District 7

James Manning (D)

District 8

Sara Gelser Blouin (D)

District 9

Fred Girod (R)

District 10

Deb Patterson (D)

District 11

Kim Thatcher (R)

District 12

Bruce Starr (R)

District 13

Courtney Neron (D)

District 14

Kate Lieber (D)

District 15

Janeen Sollman (D)

District 16

Suzanne Weber (R)

District 17

Lisa Reynolds (D)

District 18

WInsvey Campos (D)

District 19

Rob Wagner (D)

District 20

Mark Meek (D)

District 21

Kathleen Taylor (D)

District 22

Lew Frederick (D)

District 23

Khanh Pham (D)

District 24

Kayse Jama (D)

District 25

Chris Gorsek (D)

District 26

Daniel Bonham (R)

District 27

Anthony Broadman (D)

District 28

Diane Linthicum (R)

District 29

Todd Nash (R)

District 30

Mike McLane (R)

Democratic Party (18)

Republican Party (12)