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The 2014 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses of the state legislature for the 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly (2015–2016 term).[1] The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 20, 2014 with the general election following on November 4, 2014.

The Democratic Party increased its 16-14 majority in the Senate to a supermajority of 18–12. In the House, the Democrats added one more seat and now holds a 35-25 majority.

Oregon State Senate

16 of the state senate's 30 seats were up for re-election in 2014.[2] Democrats held a 16–14 majority in the 2012 legislative election.

Open seats

Results

Oregon State Senate elections, 2014
General election — November 4, 2014
Party Votes Percentage Seats won Seats contested
Democratic 407,044 58.53% 12 15
Republican 247,687 35.62% 4 11
Libertarian 18,916 2.72% 0 5
Independent 6,603 0.95% 0 1
Constitution 2,426 0.35% 0 1
Green 1,917 0.28% 0 1
Others 10,849 1.56% 0
Valid votes 695,442 85.23% — —
Invalid votes 120,486 14.77% — —
Total ballots returned[4] 815,928 100.00% 16 34
Voter turnout 70.73% (Registered Voters)

The official results are:[5]

District Party Incumbent Status Party Candidate Votes %
3 Democratic Alan Bates
of Ashland 		Re-elected Democratic Alan Bates 27,678 51.9%
Republican Dave Dotterer 23,700 44.5%
others 1,917 3.6%
4 Democratic Floyd Prozanski
of S. Lane/N. Douglas counties 		Re-elected Democratic Floyd Prozanski 30,601 57.8%
Republican Cheryl Mueller 20,119 38.0%
others 2,186 4.1%
6 Democratic Lee Beyer
of Springfield 		Re-elected Democratic Lee Beyer 26,080 58.9%
Republican Michael P. Spasaro 17,999 40.7%
others 165 0.4%
7 Democratic Chris Edwards
of Eugene 		Re-elected Democratic Chris Edwards 30,550 95.0%
others 1,607 5.0%
8 Republican Betsy Close
of Albany 		Lost election to full term Republican Betsy Close 21,922 43.8%
Democratic Sara Gelser 27,826 55.7%
others 250 0.5%
10 Republican Jackie Winters
of Salem 		Re-elected Republican Jackie Winters 38,129 86.6%
others 5,912 13.4%
11 Democratic Peter Courtney
of Salem 		Re-elected Democratic Peter Courtney 16,179 54.3%
Republican Patricia Milne 13,442 45.1%
others 178 0.6%
13 Republican Larry George
of Hillsboro 		Retiring[3] Republican Kim Thatcher 27,638 58.5%
Democratic Ryan Howard 19,434 41.2%
others 136 0.3%
15 Republican Bruce Starr
of Hillsboro 		Lost re-election Republican Bruce Starr 17,689 45.0%
Democratic Chuck Riley 18,156 45.7%
others 3,709 9.3%
16 Democratic Betsy Johnson
of Scappoose 		Re-elected Democratic Betsy Johnson 34,324 70.0%
others 14,682 30.0%
17 Democratic Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
of Multnomah County 		Elected to full term Democratic Elizabeth Steiner Hayward 30,677 65.9%
Republican John Verbeek 15,697 33.7%
others 201 0.4%
19 Democratic Richard Devlin
of Tualatin 		Re-elected Democratic Richard Devlin 39,529 96.0%
others 1,626 4.0%
20 Republican Alan Olsen
of Canby 		Re-elected Republican Alan Olsen 26,750 52.6%
Democratic Jamie Damon 23,930 47.0%
others 199 0.4%
23 Democratic Michael Dembrow
of Portland 		Elected to full term Democratic Michael Dembrow 40,948 86.3%
others 6,516 13.7%
24 Democratic Rod Monroe
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Rod Monroe 22,491 95.1%
others 1,155 4.9%
26 Republican Chuck Thomsen
of Hood River 		Re-elected Republican Chuck Thomsen 24,422 56.5%
Democratic Robert R. Bruce 18,641 43.1%
others 183 0.4%

Oregon House of Representatives

All 60 seats in the State House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2014. Democrats took a 34-26 majority in the 2012 elections after they picked up a net of four seats.

Open seats

Results

District[21] Party Incumbent Status Party Candidate Votes %
1 Republican Wayne Krieger
of Gold Beach 		Re-elected Republican Wayne Krieger 18,891 69.9%
Democratic Jim Klahr 8,004 29.6%
others 117 0.4%
2 Republican Tim Freeman
of Roseburg 		Retiring[6] Republican Dallas Heard 13,337 62.7%
Democratic Kerry Atherton 6,676 31.4%
others 1,271 6.0%
3 Republican Wally Hicks
of Grants Pass 		Retiring[7] Republican Carl Wilson 15,765 64.1%
Democratic Tom Johnson 6,478 26.4%
others 2,339 9.5%
4 Republican Dennis Richardson
of Central Point 		Retiring[8] Republican Duane Stark 15,571 68.5%
Democratic Darlene Taylor 7,063 31.1%
others 87 0.4%
5 Democratic Peter Buckley
of Ashland 		Re-elected Democratic Peter Buckley 18,942 64.1%
Republican Nick Card 10,557 35.7%
others 52 0.2%
6 Republican Sal Esquivel
of Medford 		Re-elected Republican Sal Esquivel 15,329 95.9%
others 661 4.1%
7 Republican Bruce Hanna
of Roseburg 		Retiring[9] Republican Cedric Ross Hayden 16,725 79.7%
others 4,261 20.3%
8 Democratic Paul Holvey
of Eugene 		Re-elected Democratic Paul Holvey 19,202 96.6%
others 674 3.4%
9 Democratic Caddy McKeown
of Coos Bay 		Re-elected Democratic Caddy McKeown 13,746 57.7%
Republican Casey Runyan 8,983 37.7%
others 1,099 4.6%
10 Democratic David Gomberg
of Newport 		Re-elected Democratic David Gomberg 16,681 96.9%
others 545 3.1%
11 Democratic Phil Barnhart
of Eugene 		Re-elected Democratic Phil Barnhart 13,522 52.6%
Republican Andy Petersen 12,090 47.1%
others 77 0.3%
12 Democratic John Lively
of Springfield 		Re-elected Democratic John Lively 12,445 64.3%
Republican Christopher P. Gergen 6,823 35.3%
others 78 0.4%
13 Democratic Nancy Nathanson
of Eugene 		Re-elected Democratic Nancy Nathanson 16,854 69.2%
Republican Laura D. Cooper 7,408 30,4%
others 104 0.4%
14 Democratic Val Hoyle
of Eugene 		Re-elected Democratic Val Hoyle 12,370 55.6%
Republican Kathy Lamberg 9,769 43.9%
others 94 0.4%
15 Republican Andy Olson
of Albany 		Re-elected Republican Andy Olson 19,048 97.7%
others 451 2.3%
16 Democratic Sara Gelser
of Corvallis 		Retiring[10] Democratic Dan Rayfield 16,797 72.1%
Republican Jacob D. Vandever 6,379 27.4%
others 113 0.5%
17 Republican Sherrie Sprenger
of Scio 		Re-elected Republican Sherrie Sprenger 16,683 73.7%
Democratic Rich Harisay 5,845 25.8%
others 113 0.5%
18 Republican Vic Gilliam
of Silverton 		Re-elected Republican Vic Gilliam 15,129 65.6%
Democratic Scott A. Mills 7,801 33.8%
others 123 0.5%
19 Republican Kevin Cameron
of Salem 		Retiring[11] Republican Jodi L. Hack 12,664 57.0%
Democratic Bill Dalton 9,522 42.8%
others 50 0.2%
20 Republican Vicki Berger
of Salem 		Retiring[12] Republican Kathy B. Goss 11,656 48.1%
Democratic Paul Evans 12,400 51.2%
others 165 0.7%
21 Democratic Brian Clem
of Salem 		Re-elected Democratic Brian Clem 10,527 63.7%
Republican Beverly J. Wright 5,865 35.5%
others 121 0.7%
22 Democratic Betty Komp
of Woodburn 		Re-elected Democratic Betty Komp 6,523 52.5%
Republican Matt Geiger 5,329 42.9%
others 583 4.7%
23 Republican Jim Thompson
of Dallas 		Lost in primary[13] Republican Mike Nearman 14,474 52.8%
Democratic Wanda Davis 9,891 36.1%
others 3,066 11.2%
24 Republican Jim Weidner
of Yamhill 		Re-elected Republican Jim Weidner 12,083 51.1%
Democratic Ken Moore 10,845 45.9%
others 708 3.0%
25 Republican Kim Thatcher
of Keizer 		Retiring[10] Republican Bill Post 12,555 54.8%
Independent Party (US) Chuck Lee 9,574 43.3%
others 765 1.9%
26 Republican John Davis
of Wilsonville 		Re-elected Republican John Davis 13,546 57,8%
Democratic Eric D. Squires 8,811 37.6%
others 1,059 4.5%
27 Democratic Tobias Read
of Beaverton 		Re-elected Democratic Tobias Read 17,621 80.8%
others 4,178 19.2%
28 Democratic Jeff Barker
of Aloha 		Re-elected Democratic Jeff Barker 14,582 80.7%
others 3,495 19.3%
29 Democratic Ben Unger
of Hillsboro 		Retiring[14] Democratic Susan McLain 9,751 53.7%
Republican Mark Richman 8,321 45.9%
others 73 0.4%
30 Democratic Joe Gallegos
of Hillsboro 		Re-elected Democratic Joe Gallegos 10,426 50.0%
Republican Dan Mason 8,518 40.8%
others 1,910 9.2%
31 Democratic Brad Witt
of Clatskanie 		Re-elected Democratic Brad Witt 13,633 54.4%
Republican Larry Ericksen 10,224 40.8%
others 1,192 4.7%
32 Democratic Deborah Boone
of Cannon Beach 		Re-elected Democratic Deborah Boone 14,831 60.2%
Republican Rick Rose 9,677 39.3%
others 119 0.5%
33 Democratic Mitch Greenlick
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Mitch Greenlick 19,413 81.7%
others 4,353 18.3%
34 Democratic Chris Harker
of Beaverton 		Retiring[15] Democratic Ken Helm 13,475 66.1%
Republican Brenden King 6,807 33.4%
others 108 0.5%
35 Democratic Margaret Doherty
of Tigard 		Re-elected Democratic Margaret Doherty 18,334 81.1%
others 4,263 18.3%
36 Democratic Jennifer Williamson
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Jennifer Williamson 21,626 85.0%
others 3,804 15.0%
37 Republican Julie Parrish
of West Linn 		Re-elected Republican Julie Parrish 14,828 56.4%
Democratic Gerritt Rosenthal 11,365 43.3%
others 78 0.3%
38 Democratic Ann Lininger
of Lake Oswego 		Elected to full term Democratic Ann Lininger 20,405 96.4%
others 757 3.6%
39 Republican Bill Kennemer
of Oregon City 		Re-elected Republican Bill Kennemer 20,041 96.7%
others 689 3.3%
40 Democratic Brent Barton
of Gladstone 		Re-elected Democratic Brent Barton 12,994 53.7%
Republican Steve Newgard 11,059 45.7%
others 126 0.5%
41 Democratic Carolyn Tomei
of Milwaukie 		Retiring[16] Democratic Kathleen Taylor 18,845 70.5%
Republican Timothy E. McMenamin 7,774 29.5%
others 117 0.4%
42 Democratic Rob Nosse
of Portland 		Elected to a full term Democratic Rob Nosse 26,321 90.6%
others 2,718 9.4%
43 Democratic Lew Frederick
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Lew Frederick 21,553 97.5%
others 561 2.5%
44 Democratic Tina Kotek
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Tina Kotek 19,760 85.5%
Republican Michael Harrington 3,151 13.6%
others 193 0.8%
45 Democratic Barbara Smith Warner
of Portland 		Elected to full term Democratic Barbara Smith Warner 18,707 96.9%
others 604 3.1%
46 Democratic Alissa Keny-Guyer
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Alissa Keny-Guyer 17,930 96.8%
others 598 3.2%
47 Democratic Jessica Vega Pederson
of Portland 		Re-elected Democratic Jessica Vega Pederson 10,379 95.4%
others 505 4.6%
48 Democratic Jeff Reardon
of Happy Valley 		Re-elected Democratic Jeff Reardon 10,738 67.2%
Republican George (Sonny) Yellott 5,101 31.9%
others 142 0.9%
49 Democratic Chris Gorsek
of Troutdale 		Re-elected Democratic Chris Gorsek 9,527 60.4%
Republican Bill Beckers 6,141 38.9%
others 107 0.7%
50 Democratic Greg Matthews
of Gresham 		Retiring[18] Democratic Carla Piluso 9,613 54.8%
Republican Dan Chriestenson 7,847 44.7%
others 97 0.6%
51 Democratic Shemia Fagan
of Clackamas 		Re-elected Democratic Shemia Fagan 10,518 52.4%
Republican Jodi Bailey 9,450 47.1%
others 96 0.5%
52 Republican Mark Johnson
of Hood River 		Re-elected Republican Mark Johnson 13,014 54.4%
Democratic Stephanie Nystrom 10,839 45.3%
others 72 0.3%
53 Republican Gene Whisnant
of Sunriver 		Re-elected Republican Gene Whisnant 20,173 97.7%
others 482 2.3%
54 Republican Jason Conger
of Bend 		Retiring[19] Republican Knute Buehler 15,348 58.2%
Democratic Craig Wilhelm 10,876 41.3%
others 134 0.5%
55 Republican Mike McLane
of Powell Butte 		Re-elected Republican Mike McLane 17,689 72.4%
Democratic Richard Phay 5,369 22.0%
others 1,380 5.6%
56 Republican Gail Whitsett
of Klamath Falls 		Re-elected Republican Gail Whitsett 16,252 97.2%
others 462 2.8%
57 Republican Greg Smith
of Heppner 		Re-elected Republican Greg Smith 12,637 98.3%
others 223 1.7%
58 Republican Bob Jenson
of Pendleton 		Retiring[20] Republican Greg Barreto 16,728 73.2%
Democratic Heidi Van Schoonhoven 5,667 24.8%
others 461 2.0%
59 Republican John Huffman
of The Dalles 		Re-elected Republican John Huffman 18,325 98.1%
others 347 1.9%
60 Republican Cliff Bentz
of Ontario 		Re-elected Republican Cliff Bentz 16,909 82.0%
Democratic Peter W. Hall 3,662 17.8%
others 53 0.3%

See also

References

  1. ^ Gaston, Christian (March 13, 2014). "2014 Oregon election will focus on suburban House seats, with turnout the key". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Candidate Filing Search Results". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Gaston, Christian (December 17, 2013). "Larry George, key 'grand bargain' negotiator, won't seek re-election to Oregon Senate". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Voter Turnout - Oregon - General Election 2014".
  5. ^ "Content Manager WebDrawer - 2014 General Election Official Results".
  6. ^ a b "Freeman wins Douglas County commissioner seat in primary". NRToday.com. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Gaston, Christian (January 20, 2014). "Josephine County Rep. Wally Hicks won't seek another term in Oregon Legislature". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  8. ^ a b Esteve, Harry (May 20, 2014). "Dennis Richardson wins GOP governor primary, will face Democrat John Kitzhaber". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  9. ^ a b Mapes, Jeff (September 20, 2013). "Bruce Hanna decides not to run for re-election -- or, for now, another seat: Oregon politics today". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d "Oregon primary election results 2014: Oregon Legislature". The Oregonian. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Staver, Anna (May 20, 2014). "Rep. Kevin Cameron named new Marion County commissioner". Salem Statesman-Journal. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Gaston, Christian (October 23, 2013). "Vicki Berger won't seek re-election to Salem Oregon House seat". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  13. ^ a b Zheng, Yuxing (May 20, 2014). "Jim Thompson loses House seat in GOP face-off against Mike Nearman". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  14. ^ a b Gaston, Christian (March 11, 2014). "Susan McLain will run for Oregon House, replacing Rep. Ben Unger on ballot". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  15. ^ a b Brettman, Allan (October 26, 2013). "State Rep. Chris Harker, D-Beaverton, announces he will not seek re-election in 2014". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  16. ^ a b Esteve, Harry (March 7, 2014). "Rep. Carolyn Tomei, Milwaukie Democrat, won't run for re-election". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  17. ^ Binder, Melissa (May 20, 2014). "Multnomah County District 1: Jules Bailey defeats Brian Wilson". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  18. ^ a b Gaston, Christian (March 7, 2014). "Gresham Rep. Greg Matthews won't seek reelection to Oregon House". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  19. ^ a b Mapes, Jeff (May 20, 2014). "Monica Wehby defeats Jason Conger in GOP Senate primary, focuses on Jeff Merkley". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  20. ^ a b Zheng, Yuxing (May 20, 2014). "Greg Barreto defeats John Turner in northeast Oregon House GOP primary". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
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