Stefan Strek
Stefan Strek (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 4th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on May 19, 2026.[source]
Biography
Strek attended Lane Community College, the University of Caen in France, and the University of Oregon. His affiliations include the National Rifle Association and the Oregon Firearms Federation.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4
Incumbent Val Hoyle (D), Dan Bahlen (D), Melissa Bird (D), and Melvin Smith (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 19, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Val Hoyle | |
 | Dan Bahlen | |
 | Melissa Bird  | |
| Melvin Smith | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William King (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4
Monique DeSpain (R) and Stefan Strek (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 19, 2026.
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 | Monique DeSpain | |
 | Stefan Strek | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Raiph Huber (R)
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2022
See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tina Kotek (D / Working Families Party) | 47.0 | 917,074 |
 | Christine Drazan (R) | 43.5 | 850,347 | |
 | Betsy Johnson (Independent) | 8.6 | 168,431 | |
 | Donice Smith (Constitution Party) | 0.4 | 8,051 | |
 | R. Leon Noble (L) | 0.4 | 6,867 | |
 | Paul Romero (Constitution Party of Oregon) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,113 | ||
| Total votes: 1,952,883 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)
- Tom Cox (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tina Kotek | 56.0 | 275,301 |
 | Tobias Read | 31.7 | 156,017 | |
 | Patrick Starnes | 2.1 | 10,524 | |
 | George Carrillo | 1.9 | 9,365 | |
 | Michael Trimble | 1.0 | 5,000 | |
 | John Sweeney | 0.9 | 4,193 | |
 | Julian Bell | 0.8 | 3,926 | |
 | Wilson Bright | 0.5 | 2,316 | |
 | Dave Stauffer | 0.5 | 2,302 | |
 | Ifeanyichukwu Diru | 0.4 | 1,780 | |
| Keisha Merchant | 0.4 | 1,755 | ||
| Genevieve Wilson | 0.3 | 1,588 | ||
 | Michael Cross | 0.3 | 1,342 | |
| David Beem | 0.3 | 1,308 | ||
 | Peter Hall | 0.2 | 982 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 13,746 | ||
| Total votes: 491,445 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Winter (D)
- Casey Kulla (D)
- Nicholas Kristof (D)
- Dave Lavinsky (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Drazan | 22.5 | 85,255 |
 | Bob Tiernan | 17.5 | 66,089 | |
 | Stan Pulliam | 10.9 | 41,123 | |
 | Bridget Barton | 10.8 | 40,886 | |
 | Bud Pierce | 8.7 | 32,965 | |
 | Marc Thielman | 7.9 | 30,076 | |
 | Kerry McQuisten | 7.6 | 28,727 | |
| Bill Sizemore | 3.5 | 13,261 | ||
 | Jessica Gomez | 2.6 | 9,970 | |
 | Tim McCloud | 1.2 | 4,400 | |
 | Nick Hess | 1.1 | 4,287 | |
 | Court Boice | 1.1 | 4,040 | |
 | Brandon Merritt | 1.0 | 3,615 | |
| Reed Christensen | 0.8 | 3,082 | ||
 | Amber Richardson | 0.5 | 1,924 | |
 | Raymond Baldwin | 0.1 | 459 | |
 | David Burch | 0.1 | 406 | |
| John Presco | 0.0 | 174 | ||
| Stefan Strek | 0.0 | 171 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 7,407 | ||
| Total votes: 378,317 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Darin Harbick (R)
- John Fosdick III (R)
- Jim Huggins (R)
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 | |
| Richard Jacobson (L) | 1.4 | 5,370 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 443 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Total votes: 66,263 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Stefan Galen Strek participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Stefan Galen Strek's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Defending the Second Amendment, eliminating anti-gun legislation. 2) Veterans' healthcare, Veterans deserve access to non-VA doctors so their surgery and healthcare can be prioritized. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Defending the Second Amendment because it makes America the Greatest Nation on Earth. Promoting Veterans' healthcare because they have made sacrifices for America which deserve to be rewarded. Protecting Foster Children and Adults in Foster Care because I care about people in need. Lowering Taxes because the government wastes too much money which is taken from working-class Citizens.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Stefan Galen Strek answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | Zachary Taylor, he's a direct relative on my mom's side and was responsible for winning the Mexican-American War. His actions secured our Southern Border and I hope to continue his legacy of American achievement.[4] | ” |
| “ | Books: 1984, Farenheit 451, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings Movies: The Patriot, The Matrix, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings[4] | ” |
| “ | Transparency, charisma, attitude, sincerity, passion.[4] | ” |
| “ | Transparency, charisma, attitude, sincerity, passion.[4] | ” |
| “ | To advocate for the beliefs of the people in Oregon's 4th District and promote those values to America as a whole.[4] | ” |
| “ | To inspire more people to be active in politics, to return control of the government from political elitists back to average Americans.[4] | ” |
| “ | I remember everything since going to pick out a dog for my big sister's birthday when I was 4 years old.[4] | ” |
| “ | My first job outside family work was working for the University of Oregon as a Student Food Service Worker. I started in 2008, when I was 17 years old and kept the job until December 2016.[4] | ” |
| “ | Ended up in a long-term relationship with a girl I ended up living with.[4] | ” |
| “ | Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, my birthday, I just always love any excuse to have a good time.[4] | ” |
| “ | The Silmarillion, it covers a fantastic history made up by J.R.R. Tolkien explaining the world of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The writing is just beautiful.[4] | ” |
| “ | Cloud Strife from the videogame Final Fantasy VII, because he helped lots of people, never let his friends down and worked hard to protect Women.[4] | ” |
| “ | The iron spiral staircase which leads to my 300 sq/ft bathroom that has a classic 19th century design candy-red clawfoot bathtub.[4] | ” |
| “ | Fur Elise, it never stops.[4] | ” |
| “ | Accepting my failure to give my friend who shot himself a reason to live for, my failure to save my grandfather's life, and my failure to give the women who have loved me everything they wanted.[4] | ” |
| “ | The ability to write or dismantle laws of the United States of America. The ability to truly speak as Representatives of the populations from across America.[4] | ” |
| “ | No, career politicians are the single greatest threat to American Democracy. Our Constitution was written to give average working-class Americans the chance to Represent American Values in our government.[4] | ” |
| “ | Restoring America's strategic position after being so handicapped by the negligence of Obama's failed policies which gave money and resources to our enemies.[4] | ” |
| “ | House Committee on Veteran's Affairs, U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, House Armed Services Committee, House Budget Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Homeland Security Committee, Joint Committee on Taxation, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.[4] | ” |
| “ | Yes, two years should be long enough to get a bill drafted, presented and passed. Most Congressional Representatives are just lazy and incompetent because all their work to get into office was performed by private interest groups.[4] | ” |
| “ | They're called elections.[4] | ” |
| “ | A fair and balanced redistricting process which prohibits gerrymandering must be implemented.[4] | ” |
| “ | Yes, Speaker of the House.[4] | ” |
| “ | Benjamin Franklin[4] | ” |
| “ | My most impactful story from a resident was a Veteran who said that nobody who goes to the VA and gives them anything less than a 10 on the 0-10 pain scale receives surgery. Veterans deserve access to surgery. We have an obligation to reward their service with good quality of life.[4] | ” |
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on May 4, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Stefan Galen Strek's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
