The 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in the 60 districts of the Oregon House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for the Oregon State Senate and for U.S. President.
The Democratic Party kept their majority. The Oregon Legislature does not have term limits.
11 new representatives were elected this cycle (3 Republicans and 8 Democrats). 10 were elected to seats open due to retirements while 1 (Jason Kropf of Bend) defeated an incumbent.
Background Democrats have held the Oregon House since 2007 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.
Retirements 3 Republicans and 7 Democrats did not run for re-election to their House seat this cycle.
Republicans Carl Wilson (District 3) retired Sherrie Sprenger (District 17) retired Greg Barreto (District 58) retired
Democrats
Caddy McKeown (District 9) retired Tiffiny Mitchell (District 32) declined to run for re-election due to moving out of state for her spouse's job Margaret Doherty (District 35) retired Akasha Lawrence-Spence (District 36) declined to run for re-election due to redistricting Alissa Keny-Guyer (District 46) declined to run for re-election due to moving out of state Chris Gorsek (District 49) retired to run for Senate in District 25 Carla Piluso (District 50) retired
Flips One incumbent was defeated: Deschutes County deputy district attorney and Democrat Jason Kropf defeated incumbent Republican Cheri Helt in District 54.
Meanwhile, Republicans Boomer Wright and Suzanne Weber won elections for vacant seats in District 9 and District 32, respectively, bringing Republicans' net seat gain to +1.
Electoral system The 60 members of the Oregon State House are elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to two-year terms. 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 SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020
Results summary +ResultsAffiliationCandidatesVotesVote %Seats WonDemocratic601,210,84855.03%37Republican53958,07543.54%23Libertarian813,5950.62%0Pacific Green22,4630.11%0Working Families15,2640.24%0Write-inN/A10,2260.46%0Total1242,200,471100.00%60
Close races Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Results by district
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50th District
51st District
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53rd District
54th District
55th District
56th District
57th District
58th District
59th District
60th District
See also
2020 Oregon State Senate election
References
External links
(State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)