District 23 of the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Portland and the entirety of Maywood Park in Multnomah County. The district is composed of Oregon House districts 45 and 46. It is currently represented by Democrat Khanh Pham of Portland.
Election results District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts of Southern Oregon; from 2003 until 2013, it shifted to its current location and covered more of inner northeast Portland; and from 2013 until 2023, it covered more land east of I-205.
The current district is similar to its previous iterations, but does not cover any land east of I-205 not in the Lents neighborhood and extends south to the border of Multnomah County by adding the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood.
The results are as follows:
Year Candidate Party Percent Opponent Party Percent 1984 John Kitzhaber Democratic 57.1% Sylvia Henry Republican 42.9% 1988 John Kitzhaber Democratic 60.4% Bill Fisher Republican 39.6% 1992 Rod Johnson Republican 67.1% Judi Pettengill Democratic 32.9% 1996 Bill Fisher Republican 65.3% Donald A. Dole Democratic 34.7% 2000 Bill Fisher Republican 69.3% Larry Mack Democratic 30.7% 2004 Avel Gordly Democratic 88.7% Lou Burbach Constitution 11.2% 2008 Jackie Dingfelder Democratic 97.7% Unopposed 2012 Jackie Dingfelder Democratic 80.1% Tracy Olsen Independent 19.2% 2014 Michael Dembrow Democratic 86.3% Michael Marvin Libertarian 12.8% 2016 Michael Dembrow Democratic 97.8% Unopposed 2020 Michael Dembrow Democratic 97.0% 2024 Khanh Pham Democratic 97.5%
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