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Oregon State Senate elections, 2026

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Primary: May 19, 2026
General: November 3, 2026

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Elections for the Oregon State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

The Oregon State Senate is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Party As of September 2025
     Democratic Party 18
     Republican Party 12
     Independent 0
     Independent Party of Oregon 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 30

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Primary

Oregon State Senate primary 2026
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 3
District 4
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 10
District 11
District 13
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 19
District 20
District 24
District 26

General election

Oregon State Senate general election 2026
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
  • Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 3
District 4
District 6

Cedric Hayden (i)

District 7

James Manning (i)

District 8
District 10

Angela Plowhead

District 11

Tracy Cramer

District 13
District 15
District 16

Frank Mansfield

District 17

Lisa Reynolds (i)

District 19

Rob Wagner (i)

District 20
District 24
District 26

Daniel Bonham (i)

Voting information

See also: Voting in Oregon

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Oregon. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Oregon

For major party candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 249, Sections 020, 068 and 056 of the Oregon Revised Statutes

A major party candidate can gain access to the ballot via one of two methods: by paying a filing fee or by filing a nominating petition.

Filing fee

A candidate of a major party can have his or her name printed on the ballot by filing a declaration of candidacy with the Oregon Secretary of State and paying the requisite filing fees. Filing fees are as follows:[1][2][3]

Filing fees for major party candidates in Oregon
Office sought Fee
United States Senator $150
Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, labor and industries commissioner, United States Representative $100
State senator and state representative $25

Nominating petition

A candidate of a major party can have his or her name printed on the ballot by filing a nominating petition with the Oregon Secretary of State. Signature requirements are as follows:[4]

Petition signature requirements for major party candidates in Oregon
Office sought Required signatures
United States Representative
The lesser of 1,000 signatures
or 2 % of the number of votes cast in the district for president by members of the candidate’s party
Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, United States Senator
The lesser of 1,000 signatures
or 2 % of the number of votes cast for president by members of the candidate’s party
State Senator & State Representative
The lesser of 500 signatures
or 2 % of the number of votes cast in the district for president by members of the candidate’s party

For minor party candidates

Recognized minor parties (as defined in this article) are not permitted to participate in primary elections and instead must select candidates by nominating convention.

For unaffiliated candidates

An unaffiliated candidate can gain access to the ballot via one of two methods: nomination by individual electors or nomination by an assembly of electors.

Nomination by individual electors

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 249, Section 740 of the Oregon Revised Statutes

An unaffiliated candidate must submit the appropriate filing form with the Oregon Secretary of State and obtain approval to circulate the nominating petition prior to collecting signatures. Once approval has been obtained, circulators must gather signatures equal to at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for presidential electors in the most recent general election within the electoral district for which the nomination is being sought.[5]

Nomination by assembly of electors

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 249, Section 735 of the Oregon Revised Statutes

The process for nomination by assembly of electors is described below:[6][7]

  • File Preliminary Certificate: Submit a draft certificate (minus signatures) to the Secretary of State, including a statement on paid circulators.
  • Announce Assembly: Not later than 10 days before a single‑day, 12‑hour meeting, publish notice once in three local newspapers; include date/time, office(s), and 25 or more petitioning electors.[8]
  • Hold Assembly: Convene at the published time and place with the statutory minimum voters (250 for local/state legislative; 500 for U.S. House; 1,000 for statewide/U.S. Senate), record each elector’s name/address and votes in the minutes.
  • Finalize Nomination: File the certified minutes and publication affidavit with the Secretary of State (or county clerk); signatures in the minutes are then verified and the nomination is accepted.[9][10]

Signature requirements for nomination by an assembly of electors are described in the table below.

Signature requirements for nomination by an assembly of electors in Oregon
Office sought Required signatures
United States Representative 500 signatures obtained at the assembly
Governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, United States Senator 1,000 signatures obtained at the assembly
State senator and state representative 250 signatures obtained at the assembly

For write-in candidates

Write-in candidates are not required to submit candidate filing forms in advance. In the event that a write-in candidate is nominated or elected, the election official will notify the candidate by sending a write-in acceptance form.[11] To accept the nomination or office, the candidate must complete, sign, and return the form to the election official.

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Article 4, Section 8 of the Oregon Constitution states:

  • No person shall be a Senator or Representative who at the time of election is not a citizen of the United States; nor anyone who has not been for one year next preceding the election an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representative may be chosen. However, for purposes of the general election next following the operative date of an apportionment under section 6 of this Article, the person must have been an inhabitant of the district from January 1 of the year following the reapportionment to the date of the election.
  • Senators and Representatives shall be at least twenty one years of age.
  • No person shall be a Senator or Representative who has been convicted of a felony during:
    • The term of office of the person as a Senator or Representative; or
    • The period beginning on the date of the election at which the person was elected to the office of Senator or Representative and ending on the first day of the term of office to which the person was elected.
  • No person is eligible to be elected as a Senator or Representative if that person has been convicted of a felony and has not completed the sentence received for the conviction prior to the date that person would take office if elected. As used in this subsection, “sentence received for the conviction” includes a term of imprisonment, any period of probation or post-prison supervision and payment of a monetary obligation imposed as all or part of a sentence.
  • Notwithstanding sections 11 and 15, Article IV of this Constitution:
    • The office of a Senator or Representative convicted of a felony during the term to which the Senator or Representative was elected or appointed shall become vacant on the date the Senator or Representative is convicted.
    • A person elected to the office of Senator or Representative and convicted of a felony during the period beginning on the date of the election and ending on the first day of the term of office to which the person was elected shall be ineligible to take office and the office shall become vacant on the first day of the next term of office.
  • Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a person who is ineligible to be a Senator or Representative under subsection (3) of this section may:
    • Be a Senator or Representative after the expiration of the term of office during which the person is ineligible; and
    • Be a candidate for the office of Senator or Representative prior to the expiration of the term of office during which the person is ineligible.
  • No person shall be a Senator or Representative who at all times during the term of office of the person as a Senator or Representative is not an inhabitant of the district from which the Senator or Representative may be chosen or served on represent. A person shall not lose status as an inhabitant of a district if the person is absent from the district for purposes of business of the Legislative Assembly. Following the operative date of an apportionment under section 6 of this Article, until the expiration of the term of office of the person, a person may be an inhabitant of any district.

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[12]
SalaryPer diem
$35,052/year$157/day

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Oregon legislators assume office the second Monday in January following the election.[13]

Oregon political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Oregon Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D R R R R R R R R S S D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D S S D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Presidential politics in Oregon

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024


Presidential election in Oregon, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
55.3
 
1,240,600 8
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
41.0
 
919,480 0
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (We the People)
 
1.5
 
33,733 0
Image of
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Jill Stein/Butch Ware (Pacific Green Party)
 
0.9
 
19,099 0
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.4
 
9,061 0
Image of
Cornel West (no running mate) (Progressive Party)
 
0.3
 
5,644 0
Image of
Randall Terry (no running mate) (Constitution Party)
 
0.1
 
1,850 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.7
 
15,026 0

There were no incumbents in this race The results have been certified.

Total votes: 2,244,493


2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Oregon, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
56.5
 
1,340,383 7
Image of
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
40.4
 
958,448 0
Image of
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
1.8
 
41,582 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.5
 
11,831 0
Image of
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Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party)
 
0.2
 
4,988 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.7
 
17,089 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 2,374,321


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Oregon, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 50.1% 1,002,106 7
     Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 39.1% 782,403 0
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 4.7% 94,231 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 2.5% 50,002 0
     - Write-in votes 3.6% 72,594 0
Total Votes 2,001,336 7
Election results via: Oregon Secretary of State


Oregon presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 16 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party R R R D R R R R D D D D R R R R D R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D


Redistricting following the 2020 census

Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed new state legislative maps into law on September 27, 2021. The maps were approved by the Oregon House of Representatives, 31-18, and approved in the Oregon State Senate 18-11.[14] These maps took effect for Oregon’s 2022 legislative elections.


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 020," accessed April 24, 2025
  2. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 035," accessed April 24, 2025
  3. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 056," accessed January 10, 2014
  4. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 068," accessed April 24, 2025
  5. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 740," accessed April 24, 2025
  6. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 735," accessed April 24, 2025
  7. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "2020 State Candidate Manual," April 24, 2025
  8. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 737," accessed April 24, 2025
  9. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 720," accessed April 24, 2025
  10. ↑ Oregon Revised Statutes, "Chapter 249, Section 008," accessed April 24, 2025
  11. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing - Write-in Acceptance Form (SEL 141)," accessed April 24, 2025
  12. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  13. ↑ Oregon Constitution, "Article IV, Section 4," accessed February 17, 2021
  14. ↑ Oregon State Legislature, "SB 882 Enrolled," accessed September 28, 2021


Current members of the Oregon State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Rob Wagner
Majority Leader:Kayse Jama
Minority Leader:Daniel Bonham
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
Mark Meek (D)
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
Todd Nash (R)
District 30
Democratic Party (18)
Republican Party (12)


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