Bob Niemeyer

Bob Niemeyer (Republican Party) is running for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 25. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Niemeyer is the son of a dentist and grew up in Silverton, Oregon. He graduated from Silverton Union High School in 1973 and went on to receive a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University in 1978. He is a licensed professional mechanical engineer and, in 1988, founded his own engineering company. He holds over 30 product patents to date.

Education

• B.S. in mechanical engineering, Oregon State University

Elections

2024

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 25

Incumbent Ben Bowman defeated Bob Niemeyer in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 25 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Bowman (D / Independent Party / Oregon Working Families Party)	67.6	24,096
		Bob Niemeyer (R)	32.2	11,473
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	60

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,629
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25

Incumbent Ben Bowman advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Bowman	99.3	6,063
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	40

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,103
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25

Bob Niemeyer advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Niemeyer	98.3	2,517
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	44

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,561
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Niemeyer in this election.

Pledges

Niemeyer signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 25

Ben Bowman defeated Bob Niemeyer in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 25 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Bowman (D / Independent Party / Working Families Party)	65.3	20,636
		Bob Niemeyer (R)	34.5	10,907
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	56

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,599
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25

Ben Bowman advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Bowman	98.7	6,818
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	92

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,910
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25

Bob Niemeyer defeated Gabriel Buehler in the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 25 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Niemeyer	54.0	2,212
		Gabriel Buehler	44.8	1,835
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	47

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,094
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Art Witkowski (R)

2020

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 35

Dacia Grayber defeated Bob Niemeyer in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dacia Grayber (D / Working Families Party)	67.1	26,473
		Bob Niemeyer (R)	32.7	12,893
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	71

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,437
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35

Dacia Grayber defeated Keenan Casavant in the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dacia Grayber	92.8	10,475
		Keenan Casavant	6.8	768
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	49

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,292
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35

Bob Niemeyer advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Niemeyer	98.3	3,937
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	69

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,006
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2018

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Margaret Doherty defeated Bob Niemeyer in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Margaret Doherty (D)	67.3	22,136
		Bob Niemeyer (R)	32.5	10,704
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	55

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,895
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35

Incumbent Margaret Doherty advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Margaret Doherty	100.0	6,225

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,225
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35

Bob Niemeyer advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 35 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Niemeyer	100.0	2,869

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,869
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2016

See also: Oregon gubernatorial special election, 2016

Niemeyer ran unsuccessfully for governor of Oregon in the 2016 special election to complete the term of Governor John Kitzhaber (D), who resigned in February 2015 and was replaced by Kate Brown (D). Four other Republican candidates filed to run in the primary.

Results

 

Bud Pierce defeated Allen Alley, Bruce Cuff, Bob Niemeyer and Bob Forthan defeated in the Republican primary for governor.

Republican primary for governor, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bud Pierce	47.03%	143,387
Allen Alley	29.25%	89,180
Bruce Cuff	11.55%	35,201
Bob Niemeyer	10.15%	30,933
Bob Forthan	1.23%	3,756
Write-in votes	0.8%	2,435
Total Votes		304,892
Source: http://oregonvotes.gov/results/2016P/1314035914.html

2014

See also: Oregon's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Niemeyer ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 1st District. Niemeyer lost the Republican nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014, to Jason Yates.

U.S. House, Oregon District 1 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jason Yates	42.6%	15,647
Delinda Morgan	40.3%	14,802
Bob Niemeyer	17.2%	6,310
Total Votes		36,759
Source: Results via Associated Press

Campaign themes

2024

Bob Niemeyer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Bob Niemeyer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Bob Niemeyer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Niemeyer's campaign website stated his "number [one] priority" was regaining Oregon's independence from overreaching government. Niemeyer also promised that as governor he would rewrite the state constitution to reflect these ideals.

Campaign finance summary

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Bob Niemeyer campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Oregon House of Representatives District 25	Lost general	$200	$1,272
2022	Oregon House of Representatives District 25	Lost general	$575	$5,014
2020	Oregon House of Representatives District 35	Lost general	$1,644	N/A**
2018	Oregon House of Representatives District 35	Lost general	$2,610	N/A**
Grand total			$5,029	$6,286
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Niemeyer grew up in Silverton, Ore., and lives in Tigard, Ore.

State profile

Demographic data for Oregon
	Oregon	U.S.
Total population:	4,024,634	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	95,988	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	85.1%	73.6%
Black/African American:	1.8%	12.6%
Asian:	4%	5.1%
Native American:	1.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more:	4.1%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	12.3%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	89.8%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	30.8%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$51,243	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	18.4%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Oregon. **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.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Oregon

Oregon voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Oregon, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Oregon had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Oregon House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Julie Fahey

Majority Leader:Ben Bowman

Minority Leader:Lucetta Elmer

Representatives

District 1

Court Boice (R)

District 2

Virgle Osborne (R)

District 3

Dwayne Yunker (R)

District 4

Alek Skarlatos (R)

District 5

Pam Marsh (D)

District 6

Kim Wallan (R)

District 7

John Lively (D)

District 8

Lisa Fragala (D)

District 9

Boomer Wright (R)

District 10

David Gomberg (D)

District 11

Jami Cate (R)

District 12

Darin Harbick (R)

District 13

Nancy Nathanson (D)

District 14

Julie Fahey (D)

District 15

Shelly Boshart Davis (R)

District 16

Sarah McDonald (D)

District 17

Ed Diehl (R)

District 18

Rick Lewis (R)

District 19

Tom Andersen (D)

District 20

Paul Evans (D)

District 21

Kevin Mannix (R)

District 22

Lesly Muñoz (D)

District 23

Anna Scharf (R)

District 24

Lucetta Elmer (R)

District 25

Ben Bowman (D)

District 26

Sue Rieke Smith (D)

District 27

Ken Helm (D)

District 28

Dacia Grayber (D)

District 29

Susan McLain (D)

District 30

Nathan Sosa (D)

District 31

Darcey Edwards (R)

District 32

Cyrus Javadi (D)

District 33

Shannon Isadore (D)

District 34

Mari Watanabe (D)

District 35

Farrah Chaichi (D)

District 36

Hai Pham (D)

District 37

Jules Walters (D)

District 38

Daniel Nguyen (D)

District 39

April Dobson (D)

District 40

Annessa Hartman (D)

District 41

Mark Gamba (D)

District 42

Rob Nosse (D)

District 43

Tawna Sanchez (D)

District 44

Travis Nelson (D)

District 45

Thuy Tran (D)

District 46

Willy Chotzen (D)

District 47

Andrea Valderrama (D)

District 48

Lamar Wise (D)

District 49

Zach Hudson (D)

District 50

Ricki Ruiz (D)

District 51

Matt Bunch (R)

District 52

Jeffrey Helfrich (R)

District 53

Emerson Levy (D)

District 54

Jason Kropf (D)

District 55

E. Reschke (R)

District 56

Emily McIntire (R)

District 57

Greg Smith (R)

District 58

Bobby Levy (R)

District 59

Vikki Breese-Iverson (R)

District 60

Mark Owens (R)

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