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PrimaryMay 21, 2024
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Elections for the Oregon State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was May 21, 2024. The filing deadline was March 12, 2024.

Following the election, Democrats maintained an 18-12 majority. Democrats needed to gain three Senate seats and five House seats to achieve a Democratic legislative veto-proof majority. Republicans needed to lose fewer than three Senate seats or fewer than five House seats to prevent a Democratic legislative veto-proof majority.

The Oregon State Senate was one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Oregon State Senate
Party As of November 5, 2024 After November 6, 2024
     Democratic Party 17 18
     Republican Party 12 12
     Independent Party of Oregon 1 0
Total 30 30

Candidates

General election

Oregon State Senate general election 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Lupe Preciado-McAlister

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Brock Smith (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Brock Smith (i) (Republican Party, Independent Party)

District 2

Tracy Thompson  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngNoah Robinson

District 5

Jo Beaudreau  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDick Anderson (i)

District 9

Mike Ashland

Green check mark transparent.pngFred Girod (i)

District 12

Scott Hooper  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Starr

Andrea Kennedy-Smith (Independent Party, Oregon Working Families Party)

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngKate Lieber (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Shane Bolton 

Katy Brumbelow (Libertarian Party)  Candidate Connection

District 18

Green check mark transparent.pngWlnsvey Campos (i)

Brian Pierson  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngWlnsvey Campos (i) (Democratic Party, Oregon Working Families Party)

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Taylor (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Taylor (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Taylor (i) (Democratic Party, Republican Party)

District 22

Green check mark transparent.pngLew Frederick (i)

Michael Saperstein

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngKhanh Pham

Green check mark transparent.pngKhanh Pham (Democratic Party, Oregon Working Families Party)

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Gorsek (i)

Raymond Love

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Gorsek (i) (Democratic Party, Independent Party, Oregon Working Families Party)

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Broadman

Michael Summers

Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Broadman (Democratic Party, Independent Party)

District 28

Dylan Gutridge  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Linthicum

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Nash

Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Nash

Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Nash (Republican Party, Democratic Party)
Tania Wildbill (Unaffiliated)

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngMike McLane

Green check mark transparent.pngMike McLane

Green check mark transparent.pngMike McLane (Republican Party, Democratic Party)

Primary

Oregon State Senate primary 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Brock Smith (i)
Ashley Hicks
Paul Romero
Todd Vaughn  Candidate Connection

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Thompson  Candidate Connection

Christine Goodwin
Green check mark transparent.pngNoah Robinson

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngJo Beaudreau  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDick Anderson (i)

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Ashland (Write-in)

Green check mark transparent.pngFred Girod (i)

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Hooper  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Starr

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngKate Lieber (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngShane Bolton

District 18

Green check mark transparent.pngWlnsvey Campos (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Pierson  Candidate Connection

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Taylor (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Taylor (i) (Write-in)

District 22

Green check mark transparent.pngLew Frederick (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Saperstein

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngKhanh Pham

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Gorsek (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngRaymond Love

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Broadman

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Summers

Did not make the ballot:
Shannon Monihan 

District 28

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Dave Henslee
Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Linthicum

Did not make the ballot:
Kenneth DeCrans 

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Nash (Write-in)

Jim Doherty
Dave Drotzmann
Andy Huwe  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Nash

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngMike McLane (Write-in)

Green check mark transparent.pngMike McLane
Douglas Muck
Robert Neuman

Voting information

See also: Voting in Oregon

Election information in Oregon: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 15, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 15, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 15, 2024

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

Yes

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. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

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?

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


General election race ratings

The table below displays race ratings for each race in this chamber from CNalysis.

Incumbents who were not re-elected

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 14, 2024

Incumbents defeated in general elections

See also: Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2024

No incumbents lost in general elections. Four incumbents have lost general elections since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010.

Incumbents defeated in primaries

No incumbents lost in primaries. An average of 0.3 incumbents per year lost in Oregon Senate primary elections from 2010-2022.

Retiring incumbents

Seven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] This was the highest number of retirements since Ballotpedia began tracking the figure in 2010. Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office
Art Robinson Ends.png Republican Senate District 2
Brian Boquist Grey.png Independent Party of Oregon Senate District 12
Michael Dembrow Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 23
Tim Knopp Ends.png Republican Senate District 27
Dennis Linthicum Ends.png Republican Senate District 28
Bill Hansell Ends.png Republican Senate District 29
Lynn Findley Ends.png Republican Senate District 30

Primary election competitiveness

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

This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Oregon. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Oregon in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 16, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

There were 75 state legislative seats up for election in Oregon in 2024. Across those, 14 incumbents (six Democrats, seven Republicans, and one Independent) did not file to run for re-election. That was just over the average number of retirements since Ballotpedia began tracking this data in 2010 (13.9). In 2022, 24 incumbents did not run for re-election (15 Democrats and 9 Republicans).

Eleven incumbents out of 61 running faced primary challengers. That was the most since 2010, and the highest percentage of incumbents in contested primaries during that span (18%). The next closest year was 2022 with 9 contested incumbents (17.6% of 51 incumbents) running in contested primaries.

The total number of contested primaries (with more than one candidate) was 27 (12 Democratic and 15 Republican). This was higher than the average number of contested primaries from 2010-2022 (23.9), and the third highest year overall after 2022 (37) and 2020 (33). This means 18% of possible primaries in Oregon in 2024 were contested, the third highest figure since 2010. The year with the highest percentage of contested primaries was 2022 (24.7%), followed closely by 2020 (22.0%).

Oregon had a Democratic trifecta, meaning the Democratic Party controlled the governorship and both chambers of the state legislature. As of May 16, 2024, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control.

Open seats

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Oregon State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[2]

Open Seats in Oregon State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024
Year Total seats Open seats Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2024 15 7 (47%) 8 (53%)
2022 15 4 (27%) 11 (73%)
2020 16 4 (25%) 11 (75%)
2018 17 1 (6%) 16 (94%)
2016 16 4 (25%) 12 (75%)
2014 15 1 (7%) 14 (93%)
2012 14 3 (21%) 11 (79%)
2010 16 2 (13%) 14 (87%)

Legislative referrals

See also: Legislative referral

A legislative referral, or legislatively referred ballot measure, is a ballot measure that appears on the ballot due to a vote of the state legislature. A legislative referral can be a constitutional amendment, state statute, or bond issue.

As of the 2024 election, a simple majority vote was required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies.

At the time of the 2024 election, Democrats held a 17-12-1 majority in the Senate and a 35-25 majority in the House. Democrats needed to lose two Senate seats and five House seats to be no longer able to pass legislative referrals without Republican votes. Republicans needed to win four Senate seats and six House seats to have the same ability.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Oregon

For major party candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 249, Sections 020, 068 and 056 of the Oregon Revised Statutes

A major party candidate can gain access to the ballot via one of two methods: by paying a filing fee or by filing a nominating petition.

Filing fee

A candidate of a major party can have his or her name printed on the ballot by filing a declaration of candidacy with the Oregon Secretary of State and paying the requisite filing fees. Filing fees are as follows:[3][4][5]

Filing fees for major party candidates in Oregon
Office sought Fee
United States Senator $150
Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, labor and industries commissioner, United States Representative $100
State senator and state representative $25

Nominating petition

A candidate of a major party can have his or her name printed on the ballot by filing a nominating petition with the Oregon Secretary of State. Signature requirements are as follows:[6]

Petition signature requirements for major party candidates in Oregon
Office sought Required signatures
United States Representative
The lesser of 1,000 signatures
or 2 % of the number of votes cast in the district for president by members of the candidate’s party
Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, United States Senator
The lesser of 1,000 signatures
or 2 % of the number of votes cast for president by members of the candidate’s party
State Senator & State Representative
The lesser of 500 signatures
or 2 % of the number of votes cast in the district for president by members of the candidate’s party

For minor party candidates

Recognized minor parties (as defined in this article) are not permitted to participate in primary elections and instead must select candidates by nominating convention.

For unaffiliated candidates

An unaffiliated candidate can gain access to the ballot via one of two methods: nomination by individual electors or nomination by an assembly of electors.

Nomination by individual electors

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 249, Section 740 of the Oregon Revised Statutes

An unaffiliated candidate must submit the appropriate filing form with the Oregon Secretary of State and obtain approval to circulate the nominating petition prior to collecting signatures. Once approval has been obtained, circulators must gather signatures equal to at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for presidential electors in the most recent general election within the electoral district for which the nomination is being sought.[7]

Nomination by assembly of electors

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 249, Section 735 of the Oregon Revised Statutes

The process for nomination by assembly of electors is described below:[8][9]

  • File Preliminary Certificate: Submit a draft certificate (minus signatures) to the Secretary of State, including a statement on paid circulators.
  • Announce Assembly: Not later than 10 days before a single‑day, 12‑hour meeting, publish notice once in three local newspapers; include date/time, office(s), and 25 or more petitioning electors.[10]
  • Hold Assembly: Convene at the published time and place with the statutory minimum voters (250 for local/state legislative; 500 for U.S. House; 1,000 for statewide/U.S. Senate), record each elector’s name/address and votes in the minutes.
  • Finalize Nomination: File the certified minutes and publication affidavit with the Secretary of State (or county clerk); signatures in the minutes are then verified and the nomination is accepted.[11][12]

Signature requirements for nomination by an assembly of electors are described in the table below.

Signature requirements for nomination by an assembly of electors in Oregon
Office sought Required signatures
United States Representative 500 signatures obtained at the assembly
Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, United States Senator 1,000 signatures obtained at the assembly
State senator and state representative 250 signatures obtained at the assembly

For write-in candidates

Write-in candidates are not required to submit candidate filing forms in advance. In the event that a write-in candidate is nominated or elected, the election official will notify the candidate by sending a write-in acceptance form.[13] To accept the nomination or office, the candidate must complete, sign, and return the form to the election official.

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

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 served on 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.

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[14]
SalaryPer diem
$35,052/year$157/day

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Oregon legislators assume office the second Monday in January following the election.[15]

Oregon political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Oregon Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen 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 25
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 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 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 D

Presidential politics in Oregon

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Oregon, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
Image of
Image of
Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
56.5
 
1,340,383 7
Image of
Image of
Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
40.4
 
958,448 0
Image of
Image of
Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
1.8
 
41,582 0
Image of
Image of
Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.5
 
11,831 0
Image of
Image of
Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party)
 
0.2
 
4,988 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.7
 
17,089 0

Total votes: 2,374,321


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Oregon, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 50.1% 1,002,106 7
     Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 39.1% 782,403 0
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 4.7% 94,231 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 2.5% 50,002 0
     - Write-in votes 3.6% 72,594 0
Total Votes 2,001,336 7
Election results via: Oregon Secretary of State


Oregon presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 16 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 2024
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 D


See also

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Footnotes

  1. Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  2. Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
  3. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 020," accessed April 24, 2025
  4. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 035," accessed April 24, 2025
  5. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 056," accessed January 10, 2014
  6. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 068," accessed April 24, 2025
  7. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 740," accessed April 24, 2025
  8. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 735," accessed April 24, 2025
  9. Oregon Secretary of State, "2020 State Candidate Manual," April 24, 2025
  10. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 737," accessed April 24, 2025
  11. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 720," accessed April 24, 2025
  12. Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 008," accessed April 24, 2025
  13. Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing - Write-in Acceptance Form (SEL 141)," accessed April 24, 2025
  14. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  15. Oregon Constitution, "Article IV, Section 4," accessed February 17, 2021


Current members of the Oregon State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Rob Wagner
Majority Leader:Kayse Jama
Minority Leader:Daniel Bonham
Senators
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Mark Meek (D)
District 21
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District 29
Todd Nash (R)
District 30
Democratic Party (18)
Republican Party (12)