2020 Oregon State Senate election
November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
16 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Rob Wagner Herman Baertschiger Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since May 22, 2020 January 22, 2019
Leader's seat 19–Lake Oswego 2–Grants Pass
Last election 18 seats, 62.1% 12 seats, 37.9%
Seats before 18 12
Seats won 18 12
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 628,347 516,030
Percentage 54.0% 44.4%
Swing Decrease 8.1% Increase 6.5%
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election
President of the Senate before election

Peter Courtney
Democratic

 Elected President of the Senate

Peter Courtney
Democratic

The 2020 Oregon State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in 16 of the 30 Oregon State Senate districts elected their state senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President.

The Democratic Party kept their majority.[1] The Oregon State Senate does not have term limits.

Background

Democrats had held the Oregon Senate since 2002 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.

Electoral system

Members of the Oregon State Senate are elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to four-year terms with staggered elections. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition, and write-in candidates had to file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Likely D October 21, 2020

Results summary

Results[3] · [4] · [5]
Affiliation Candidates Votes Vote % Seats before Seats up Seats won Seats after
Democratic 16 628,347 54.01% 18 7 7 18
Republican 12 516,030 44.36% 12 9 9 12
Libertarian 3 6,694 0.58% 0 0 0 0
Pacific Green 1 3,107 0.27% 0 0 0 0
Total valid votes 32 1,154,178 99.21% 30 16 16 30

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 10 (special), 0.74% (gain)
  2. District 27, 1.63%
  3. District 5, 2.85% (gain)
  4. District 25, 3.99%

Results by district

1st District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dallas Heard 51,417 68.64%
Democratic Kat Stone 23,369 31.20%
Write-in 124 0.17%
Total votes 74,910 100.00%

2nd District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Art Robinson 48,627 63.90%
Democratic Jerry Allen 25,559 33.59%
Libertarian Thomas Griffin 1,792 2.35%
Write-in 124 0.16%
Total votes 76,102 100.00%

5th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dick Anderson 37,807 49.32%
Democratic Melissa Cribbins 35,620 46.47%
Green Shauleen Higgins 3,107 4.05%
Write-in 118 0.15%
Total votes 76,652 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

9th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred Girod 50,357 66.96%
Democratic Jim Hinsvark 22,627 30.09%
Libertarian Patrick Marnell 2,127 2.83%
Write-in 93 0.12%
Total votes 75,204 100.00%

10th District (special)

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deb Patterson 37,725 48.49%
Republican Denyc Boles 37,149 47.75%
Libertarian Taylor A Rickey 2,775 3.57%
Write-in 145 0.19%
Total votes 77,794 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

12th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Boquist 45,391 58.27%
Democratic Bernadette Hansen 32,389 41.58%
Write-in 115 0.15
Total votes 77,895 100.00%

14th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kate Lieber 48,900 68.99%
Republican Harmony Mulkey 21,838 30.81%
Write-in 141 0.20%
Total votes 70,879 100.00%

18th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ginny Burdick 63,082 95.78%
Write-in 2,776 4.22%
Total votes 65,858 100.00%

21st District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathleen Taylor 71,543 97.59%
Write-in 1,769 2.41%
Total votes 73,312 100.00%

22nd District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 70,489 98.05%
Write-in 1,401 1.95%
Total votes 71,890 100.00%

23rd District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Dembrow 61,638 97.03%
Write-in 1,885 2.97%
Total votes 63,523 100.00%

25th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Gorsek 30,206 51.93%
Republican Justin Hwang 27,882 47.94%
Write-in 76 0.13%
Total votes 58,164 100.00%

27th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Knopp 49,207 50.73%
Democratic Eileen Kiely 47,621 49.10%
Write-in 161 0.17%
Total votes 96,989 100.00%

28th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Linthicum 54,800 72.73%
Democratic Hugh Palcic 20,444 27.13%
Write-in 102 0.14%
Total votes 75,346 100.00%

29th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Hansell 45,084 75.91%
Democratic Mildred O'Callaghan 14,214 23.93%
Write-in 94 0.16%
Total votes 59,392 100.00%

30th District

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Findley 46,471 66.87%
Democratic Carina Miller 22,921 32.98%
Write-in 105 0.15%
Total votes 69,497 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oregon Secretary of State". results.oregonvotes.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Oregon Secretary of State". sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Statistiques" (PDF). sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Résultats" (PDF). sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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